Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Dorow & Kohout, 1995: 100). Primary type locality: lectotype Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (Nietner). Primary type depository: MNHU.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MNHU.
Type notes:
1) Original type data: 2 workers Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) in MNHU, 3 workers, 2 queens India (“Ostindien”): (no further data) in MNHN. 2) Dorow & Kohout, 1995: 100, say the MNHN specimens are “all presumed lost”.