Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: N Cape Prov., Andriesvale, sample NC7F, 1986 (A.C. Marsh). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900411.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but sample numbers NC7C, NC7E, NC7F, NC7K, NC7M. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, SAMC.