Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara, Chaines Anosyennes, Massif Nord, Zone Summitale, 1900 m., 20.ii.1971, JMB2048, 2048.8674w (A. Peyriéras). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0195002.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: >4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 1 paratype ergatoid queen (?). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC.
Type notes:
An unstated number of paratype workers from the type-series are in BMNH.