Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Hosoishi, 2015: 78). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Kanara (R.C. Wroughton). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities (workers and queens): India: Belgaum, Poona, Thana (R.C. Wroughton, and Gleadow); Forel, 1902c does not specify which collector was responsible for which sites.