Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Eritrea: Ghinda, 1906 (K. Escherich) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1922: 876). Primary type depository: MHNG, SIZK. Primary type specimens: CASENT0101595, CASENT0917004.
Type notes:
Other syntype locality: Eritrea: Nefassit, 1906 (K. Escherich).