Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype (?) workers. Primary type locality: French Guiana: (“Habitat Cajennae Dom. v. Rohr.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: “whereabouts unknown” (
Taylor & Brown, 1985: 5).
Type notes:
1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Type locality corrected to Australia by
Roger, 1861a: 35. 3) Fabricius material is mostly in
ZMUC and
ZMUK (Banks’ material described by Fabricius is in
BMNH). 4) According to
Horn & Kahle, 1935: 71, other material exists in
OXUM,
MNHN, and in very badly damaged condition in
ZMUK. 5)
Zimsen, 1964: 428, cites 2 worker specimens in
ZMUK, without comment on their condition.