Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Mauritius: Le Pouce Mt, 700-800 m., 1.iv.1969, native forest (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers, 1 paratype male. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 4.iii.1977. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.