Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toamasina, Tampolo, Masoala Peninsula, 40.4 km. 154° SSE Maroansetra, -15.73°, 49.96°, 30 m., 28.xi.-3.xii.2001, BLF04691, (B.L. Fisher & H.J. Ratsirarson). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0418314.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 13 paratype workers, 5 paratype ergatoid queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC, MHNG, MNHN, MNHU, MSNG, NHMB. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0317390 to CASENT0317399, CASENT0317443, CASENT0418311 to CASENT0418318.