Type location Namibia (Bolton, 1980: 282, illustrated, worker) 10 m S of Okaukuejo, 14.v.1958, E S Ross & R E Leech .
Bolton's description (1980) is at .
WORKER - TL 3.0-3.3 mm; (Bolton, 1980).
The photomontage of the holotype from Namibia is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=castype13391&shot=p1&project=
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