Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: Kenya: ca 01°38’S, 35°17’E, 5.ii.1948, high east African plains, densely wooded donga or ravine, floor cover of leaves and humus, 5500-5800 ft (1670 to 1770 m) (N.A. Weber). Type-depository: AMNH.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: Kenya: Nairobi, −1.317, 36.763, ca. 1750 m, 1945 (S. Patrizi). Paratype-depository: MCZC. Paratype-specimen: MCZ_Type_32184.
Type notes:Hita Garcia et al., 2019: 59, write, “holotype presumed lost, not at MCZC”; but Weber states that it is deposited in AMNH.