Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Vrijburg, 1893 (E. Simon) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 847). Primary type depository: MSNG (possibly also in MRHN). Primary type specimen: CASENT0904480.
Type notes:
Other syntype localities: South Africa, Bloemfontein, 1893 (E. Simon), Botswana (“Bechuanaland”): (no further data). This taxon is based on Crematogaster kneriMayr, 1862, sensuEmery, 1895i: 27, misidentification.