Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Rwanda: Rangiro, 1800 m., 10.vii.1973 (P. Werner). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911180.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 23 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 14 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 9 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 6.viii.1973. Secondary type depositories: BBRC, BMNH, CASC, MHNG. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0226548, CASENT0902549.