Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Madagascar: 15 km. E Tulear [-23.290429, 43.795850], 7.vi.1935, "in stump with T-4403" (H. Kirby?). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen (+ 3 queen pupae). Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: LACM, USNM. Paratype-specimen: CASENT0172254 (recorded on AntWeb as owned by ANIC).
Type notes:Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 509, report the holotype as in MCZC, but Gregg stated that the holotype was in his own collection, which now mostly (?) resides in FMNH.