Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Dorow & Kohout, 1995: 100). Primary type locality: lectotype Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (
Nietner). Primary type depository:
MNHU.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
MNHU.
Type notes:
1) Original type data: 2 workers Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) in
MNHU, 3 workers, 2 queens India (“Ostindien”): (no further data) in
MNHN. 2)
Dorow & Kohout, 1995: 100, say the
MNHN specimens are “all presumed lost”.