Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: E Cape Prov., Walmer, nr Port Elisabeth, 3.iii.1969, eucalypt litter, M374 (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers, 5 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0902269.