Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Eritrea: Cheren (F. Silvestri) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 775). Primary type depositories: MSNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903933.
Type notes:
Other syntype localities: Eritrea: Ghinda (F. Silvestri), and Eritrea: Nefasit (F. Silvestri).