Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 18.i.1971 (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902932.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.