Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Eastern Region, Akwapim District, Mampong, 10.iv.1970, litter sample in cocoa farm (P.M. Room). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900044.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.