Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 77). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: 30 miles NW Tamatave (W.H. O’Swald). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101644 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype major worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0101669.
Type notes:
1) Other original syntype localities: Madagascar: Tamatavé (E. Perrot) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 1043; no lectotype desigated), Madagascar: Forêt d’Alahakato (E. Perrot). 2) Original description mentions Hamburg Museum as depository, these specimens were probably destroyed in World War II.