Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Angola: 5 mi. E Vila Arriaga, 1000 m, 21.v.1958 (E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech). Primary type depository: CASC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0173610, CASENT0173611, CASENT0900395.