Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Kimberley, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 809). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0904201.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: South Africa: Makapan, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon), South Africa: Bloemfontein, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon), Mozambique: Delagoa Bay (no collector’s name).