Type location Namibia (Bolton, 1980: 243, illustrated, worker) 10 m w of Okomhmabe, iii.v.1958, E S Ross & RE Leech .
Bolton's description (1980) is at .
WORKER - TL 4.8-5.4 mm.
The photomontage of the holotype from the Namibia is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=castype13386&shot=p1&project=.
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