Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Schödl, 1998: 370). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Kanara (Bell). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0908933 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: same data as holotype, India: Kanara (R.C. Wroughton). Secondary type depositories: MNHU, MHNG, NHMB, NHMW.