Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: 18 km. NW Betroka, 23°9’48’’S, 45°58’7’’E, 825 m., 24-29.xi.1994, savanna, #17216 (Ivie & Pollock). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0005524.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but coded 15822, 16453. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC.