Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Prov. Toamasina, S.F. Tampolo, 10 km. NNE Fenoarivo Atn., 17°17’S, 49°26’E, 10 m., 4.iv.1997, sifted leaf litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), littoral rainforest, #1342(49)-1 (B.L. Fisher). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0005595.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but coded (21)-2, (34)-1, (36)-3, (42)-2, (47)-3. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC.