Type location Namibia (Bolton & Marsh, 1989: 1304, worker) Namib Desert, Skeleton Coast, 11.viii.1982, A C Marsh .
The Bolton & Marsh description is at .
The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0900417.
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