Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated), 1 syntype male. Primary type locality: Namibia (“German Southwest Africa”): Lüderitzbucht, 1903 (L. Schultze). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0900465, CASENT0907746.
Type notes:Forel, 1910e records other specimens (not syntypes?) from Namibia: Little Namaland, Kamaggas (L. Schultze), and Little Namaland, Steinkopf (L. Schultze).