Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: Namibia (“South Africa”): Kuisip (= Kuiseb) River (no collector’s name). Type-depository: NHMW.
Type notes:
This taxon is based on specimens of Crematogaster castanea arboreaSmith, 1858a, sensuMayr, 1866b: 900, misidentification.