Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 31.viii.1970, litter sample (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901142.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Ghana: Mampong, 26.i.1970 (P. Room). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.