Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Ibadan, I.I.T.A., 16-23.ix.1974 (B.R. Critchley). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901197.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 41 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 36 paratype workers Ivory Coast: Palmeraie de Lame, no. 8, 23.i.1976 (T. Diomande). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB.