Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Kora, 8.xii.1983, sample AT1 Acacia tortius (C. West). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902189.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 30.xii.1983, sample AT3. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.