Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Joma & Mackay, 2017: 21). Primary type locality: lectotype Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): W slope of Mt Kenya, between Rivers Amboni and Naremuru, 1.ii.1912 (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0922353, CASENT0922354.
Type notes:Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 134, cites 5 worker syntypes in NHMB.