Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Kerala, Silent Valley Nat. Park, 11°5’N, 76°26’E, 897 m., 25.ix.2011, hand picking (
S.A. Akbar) Type-depository:
PUAC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 10 paratype workers, 4 paratype ergatoid queens. Paratype-locality: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen with same data as for holotype, 6 paratype workers, 2 paratype ergatoid queens Karnataka, Gundlupet, 11°8’N, 76°68’E, 800 m., 27.ix.2010 (
S.A. Akbar), 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen Kerala, Periyar Tiger Reserve, 9°46’N, 77°14’E, 1005 m., 10.x.2011 (
S.A. Akbar). Paratype-depositories:
BMNH,
PUAC.