Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal, Durban (G. Arnold). Primary type depositories: NHMB, NHMUK. Primary type specimens: CASENT0902081, CASENT0912632.
Type notes:
Collector may be C.P. van der Merve.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1922: 829.