Type location Madagascar (Santschi, 1911e: 125, worker & male); worker and male only described (see Bolton, 1995) .
Santschi's (1911e) description is at .
The photomontage of the type specimen is collated from the Antweb.org site at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101083
The photomontage of a fresh specimen is collated from the Antweb.org site at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0453991
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