Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 152). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Nossi Bé (A. Voeltzkow). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101940 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 140, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.