Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ivory Coast: Man, Mt Tonkoui, 900 m., 13.x.1980 (Mahnert & Perret). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911197.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 27 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: 15 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens with same data as holotype, 12 paratype workers Ivory Coast: Tai Forest, 17.x.1980 (Mahnert & Perret). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0902226.