Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Hosoishi & Ogata, 2016a: 596). Primary type locality: lectotype Taiwan (“Formosa”): Pilam (H. Sauter). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG (other original syntypes probably in DEIB).
Type notes:
Original syntype queen is not mentioned by Hosoishi & Ogata, 2016a: 596.