Primary type information:
Primary type material: 1 syntype worker, 2 syntype queens. Primary type locality: South Africa: Kimberley, 1893 (E. Simon). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0904791.
Type notes:
“Cotype” specimens in MHNG are from Kenya and are not part of the type series (Bolton, 1976: 338).