Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: 4 km. NW Watamu, <5 m. (3°20’S, 39°59’E), 15.xii.1990, #11154 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0106133.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated), 1 paratype male. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but #11151, 11154, 11159, 11160-1. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, NMKN, PSWC, SAMC, UCDC.