Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Ingfal (
Kachovsky) (invalid restriction of type locality by 
Wheeler, 1922: 944; no lectotype designated), Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): Schoa (
A. Ilg), “western Abyssinia” (
A. Ilg). Primary type depositories: 
MHNG, 
NHMB, 
ZISP. Primary type specimen: 
CASENT0912170.