Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of LaPolla, 2002: 379). Primary type locality: lectotype Mauritius: Le Pouce Mt, 7.xii.1940, no. 81 (J. Vinson). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 23 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.