Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 100). Primary type locality: Guinea (“French Guinea”): ravin 1 de la forêt du Mont Tô, B2-41, 21.ii.1942 (M. Lamotte). Primary type depository: MNHN.
Type notes:
Original description cites 1 worker, 1 queen syntypes.