Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: major and minor workers Angola: Malangé (
M. Buchner) (invalid restriction of type locality by 
Wheeler, 1922: 983; no lectotype designated), minor workers Kenya: Kitui (
J.M. Hildebrandt). Primary type depositories: 
MHNG, 
MNHU. Primary type specimens: 
CASENT0910471, 
CASENT0910472.