Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Namibia (“South West Africa”): 37 mi. W Aus, 500 m., 5.v.1958 (E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASTYPE13390.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens, 2 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0270793, CASENT0270794.