Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Namibia (“South West Africa”): 9 mi. NW Grunau, 1150 m, 4.v.1958 (E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech). Primary type depository: CASC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0173608, CASENT0900402.