Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Prov. Diego Suarez, Marojejy Mts, 29.xii.1972, 2060 m., dense forest, #4052 (J.M. Betsch). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0005563.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC.