Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Eritrea: Ghinda, 1906 (K. Escherich) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 876; no lectotype designated), Eritrea: Nefassit, 1906 (K. Escherich). Primary type depository: MHNG, SIZK. Primary type specimens: CASENT0101595, CASENT0917004.