Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (L. Péringuey). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0904784.
[Misspelled as barbatus by Emery, 1892: 114 (in text), 117 (in key).]