Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2006: 99). Primary type locality: lectotype Somalia: (no further data), viii.-ix.1891 (C. Keller). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: lectotype CASENT0101849.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 27 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0101596, CASENT0101865.