Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 136). Primary type locality: lectotype South Africa: Natal, Richmond, 25.iii.1905 (I. Trägårdh). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB (perhaps also NHRS).
Type notes:
Original description cites 4 worker syntypes.