Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Rwanda: Rangiro, 1800 m., 6.viii.1973 (P. Werner). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911174.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 22 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MHNG. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0226553, CASENT0902554.