Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): (no further data). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912727.
Type notes:Santschi, 1914b: 94, gives Kenya: Longonot Neck, 2140 m., st. no. 24, xii.1913 (no collector’s name but probably Alluaud & Jeannel), as type-locality.