Type location Ghana (Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 39, illustrated, worker); Poana, ix.1992, R Belshaw .
Bolton & Fisher's description can be found in http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2843.html
The photomontage of the holotype is from Bolton & Fisher (2011) and is also on http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0226566.
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