Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: 38 km. S Ambalavao, Res. Andringitra, 22°12’S, 46°58’E, 1680 m., 24.x.1993, ex root mat, montane rainforest, #827-2 (B.L. Fisher). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0005639.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 23.x.1993, #830(36)-8 and #830(40)-5. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC.