Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Causse de Kelifely, 20-30.xi.1974, forest humus and litter, dry forest, AB 47 (A. Peyrieras). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.