Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Madras, Nilgiri, 6 km. E Coonoor, 1400 m., 22.xi.1972, no. 42 (
Besuchet & Löbl). Primary type depository:
MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype but year given as 1973 (
Besuchet, Löbl & Mussard), 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype but 1600m., no. 43, 1 paratype worker Madras, Nilgiri, Halical nr Coonoor, 1600 m., 22.xi.1972 (
Besuchet, Löbl & Mussard). Secondary type depositories:
BMNH,
MCZC,
MHNG.