Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Ethiopia: Hiéka-Bourka, 1905 (
M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Karssa, 1905 (
M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Tchafianani, 1905 (
M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Kounhi, 1905 (
M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, 1905 (
M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia: Harar, 1905 (
M. de Rothschild) (invalid restriction of type locality by
Wheeler, 1922: 813; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository:
MHNG.
Type notes:
The invalid restriction of type locality by
Wheeler, 1922 is doubly incorrect as it is based on material collected by A. Ilg (cited in
Forel, 1907i: 82), not on Rothschild’s type material.