Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Antsiranana, Parc Nat. Montagne d’Ambre, 12.2 km. 211° SSW Joffreville, -12.59639, 49.1595, 1300 m., 2.ii.2001, BLF02825 (
B.L. Fisher, et al.). Primary type depository: 
CASC. Primary type specimen: 
CASENT0403308 (middle specimen on the pin).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype major workers, 6 paratype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
CASC, 
MHNG, 
PBZT. Secondary type specimen: 
CASENT0403307, 
CASENT0872252, 
CASENT0403309, 
CASENT0403310.