Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number”), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: worker(s) Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data), queen Indonesia: Bintam (= Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, Bintan I.) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MNHU. Primary type specimen: CASENT0104581.
Type notes:Roger, 1861a does not give a locality for the worker in the original description; Sri Lanka is provided by Roger, 1863b: 20.