Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Mangabé I., Antongil Bay, 19.ii.1977, prim. rainforest, AB 42, litter (W.L. & D.E. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0906147.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.