Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Sawmills, 1.ii.1918 (
G. Arnold). Primary type depository: 
BMNH. Primary type specimen: 
CASENT0902022.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 23 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: 13 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Sawmills, 30.i.1918 (
G. Arnold), 8 paratype workers Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls, 22.ii.1953 (
G. Arnold). Secondary type depositories: 
BMNH, 
MCZC, 
MRAC, 
SAMC.