Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2022: 164). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Vitikampi, Morondava, 1899 (G. Grandidier). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101097 (lectotype).
Type notes:
1) Other original syntype locality: Madagascar: Adampy, nr Vohemar, 1899 (G. Grandidier). 2) Type locality earlier restricted to Adampy, nr Vohemar, by Wheeler, 1922: 1042. 3) Original syntype series contained major and minor workers, and a queen.