Primary type information:
Primary type material: 2 syntype major workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: workers Eritrea: Nefasit, 23.viii.-9.ix.1914 (F. Silvestri) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 978; no lectotype designated), queen Eritrea: Mayabal, 23.viii.-9.ix.1914 (F. Silvestri). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0905428.