Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 9.ii.1971, litter sample (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.