Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Gabon: Plateau d’Ipassa, Makokou, 1966, berlesate (J.A. Barra). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: Tanzania: Zanzibar I., 1949, in soil (R.I. Robb). Secondary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
The paratypes were collected by Rosemary I. Robb, who worked at the Zanzibar Clove Research Scheme.