Type notes:
Material included: Angola: Rio Kubango region, Mbalé, Chimporo, Tchitunda, and Timbalé (A. Monard); workers, queen(s), deposited in NHMB (no type status).
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1937d: 227.
Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1995b: 158.