Acantholepis emmelii Kutter, 1932: 208, fig. (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Java, Sarangan, Lawoe Dist., 1500-2000 m., 1927 (H. Overbeck). Primary type depository: SMTD. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: SMTD or perhaps NHML. Type notes: Type material perhaps destroyed in World War II.