Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker (caste not indicated). Primary type locality: Madagascar: Province Antsiranana, RS Ankarana, 22.9 km 224° SW Anivorano Nord, -12.90889, 49.10983, 80 m, tropical dry forest, ex rotten log, 10-16.ii.2001, collection code: BLF02880 (
B.L. Fisher, C.E. Griswold et al.). Primary type depository: 
CAS. Primary type specimen: 
CASENT0428077.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
CAS, 
MHNG, 
NHMUK. Secondary type specimens: 
CASENT0428078, 
CASENT0428079, 
CASENT0428080.