Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: East Africa: (no further data). Primary type depositories: NHMB, SIZK. Primary type specimens: CASENT0912669, CASENT0916982.
Type notes:Santschi, 1914b: 91, gives Kenya: Kikuyu territory, Nairobi forest, 1700 m., st. no. 11, xi.1911 (Alluaud & Jeannel), as type-locality.