Primary type information:
Primary type material: 5 syntype workers, 1 syntype male. Primary type locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Lumbwa, Mau escarpment, 1897 m., st. no. 21, xii.1912 (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.