Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Tamil Nadu, Madras (= Chennai), Top-Slip, 24.ii.1969 (
O.B. Chhotani & R.N. Tiwari). Type-depository:
NZSI.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 4 paratype workers, 7 paratype queens. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository:
NZSI.