Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype queens (number not stated). Type-locality: Madagascar: Andrangoloaka (Sikora). Type-depository: MHNG (apparently lost).
Type notes:
1) Blaimer, 2012a: 249, ‘Results S1: Species accounts’: 4, says the specimens could not be located in MHNG. 2) A worker (CASENT0101847) in MHNG labelled "Typus" is not part of the type series, which includes only queens.