Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: La Mandraka, 1280 m., 8.ii.1977, leaf litter, mont. forest, AB41, nest in seed capsule in litter (
W.L. & D.E. Brown). Primary type depository:
MCZC. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0280584.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 16 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories:
BMNH,
MCZC.