Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: São Tomé & Príncipe: São Tomé I., Makambrera, 4000 ft, viii.1949 (B. Malkin). Primary type depository: CASC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 15 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: paratypes all from same series as holotype but mostly with reduced data, “São Tomé (B. Malkin)” only. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0900617.