Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male. Primary type localities: Somalia: Daouculé region, 1905 (M. de Rothschild) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 792; no lectotype designated), Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Diré Daoua, 1905 (M. de Rothschild), Ethiopia (“S Ethiopia”): Haut Aouache, Eudessa, 1905 (M. de Rothschild). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907412.