Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toamasina, nr Périnet, 18.iii.1969, “on rail line from Tananarive to Tamatave”, rainforest, rotten wood (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZTYPE34810.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.