Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Bloemfontein, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 930). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0905142.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: South Africa: Vrijburg, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon), South Africa: Cape Town, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).