Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lake Nyanza (= Victoria Nyanza) (Gérard). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0911830, CASENT0911831.
Type notes:
Lake Nyanza (Lake Victoria) is in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Santschi, 1915c puts the locality in "Congo".