Type notes:
Material included: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Vumba Mts, Cloudland, 6000 ft, 6-17.iv.1923 (G. Arnold); 5 workers, deposited in NHMB, SAMC (no type status). Specimen: CASENT0915062.
Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1980: 332.