Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Ethiopia: Giari Bulè (= Giaribule) (E. dei P. Ruspoli) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 810). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0904212, CASENT0904213.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities Ethiopia: Arigalgalu (E. dei P. Ruspoli), Ethiopia: Ogaden (E. dei P. Ruspoli).