Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype phragmotic major worker. Type-locality: India: Kerala, Iritty Forest, nr Aaralam Farm, 16.xii.1995 (S. Sheela). Type-depository: DZCU.
Type notes:Sheela & Narendran, 1997: 89, state that the holotype is a dealate queen. The specimen described is actually a phragmotic major worker (Bolton, 2003: 273).