Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal, Pietermaritzburg (
Weitzecker). Primary type depository:
MSNG. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0904485.
Type notes:
Emery, 1895i: 28, mentions a smaller variety from Cape Town (
E. Simon); not considered here as syntypes.