Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Niangara, 1.iii.1948 (
AMNH Central Africa Expd.), just beneath soil surface under a thin cover of dead leaves (
N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: unknown (not in
AMNH or
MCZC, presumed lost (
Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 23)).