Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Kerala, Silent Valley Reserve, 16 km. W Mukkali, 9.iv.1969 (A.B. Soans & W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 4 paratype workers Kerala, Palghat (= Palakkad) Hills, 10 km. N Malampuzha Dam, 150 m., 20.xi.1972, # 54 (C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & R. Mussard). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, MCZC.