Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Périnet & vic., rainforest, 17.iii.1969 (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0906148.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 39 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but on some pins a lower label has “rot. wood”, or “for. litter”. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.