Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: China: Yunnan, Menghai County, Meng’a Town, 1600 m., 9.ix.1997, No. A97-2249, deciduous broadleaf forest (
Z. Xu). Type-depository:
SFCY.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 25 paratype workers, 3 paratype ergatoid queens. Paratype-localities: 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype but No.A97-2250, 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Cuipingfeng, 660 m., 10.viii.1997, No. A97-1176, karst monsoon forest (
G. Zeng), 7 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as last but 17.iii.1998, No. A98-945 (
G. Zeng), 8 paratype workers Yunnan, Jinghong County, Guanping, 1120 m., 5.iii.1998, No. A98-72, mountain rainforest (
T. Liu). Paratype-depository:
SFCY.