Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype minor workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: Angola: Malangé (M. Buchner) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 980; no lectotype designated), Tanzania: Zanzibar (J.M. Hildebrandt). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MNHU. Primary type specimen: CASENT0910486.