• [Also described as new by Karavaiev, 1927f: 31.]
• Status as species: Karavaiev, 1928a: 318; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 299; Bolton, 1995b: 358; Dorow, 1995: 11 (in key), 55; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 15.

Citations

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• Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. PDF