Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Gambari (= Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria), 22.vii.1969 (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0227960.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype major workers, 5 paratype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.