Primary type information:
Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Tanzania: Shirati, v.1909 (Katona). Primary type depositories: MNHU, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911582.
Type notes:
19 workers from type series, not included in the original description, are present in HNHM; 1 worker is in NHMB (Shattuck, 1994: 159).