Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: South, 8 mi. NE Munnar, 6200 ft, 20.iii.1962 (
E.S. Ross & D.Q. Cavagnaro). Primary type depository: 
CASC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 32 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
BMNH, 
CASC, 
MCZC.
Type notes:
More workers + brood preserved in alcohol in 
CASC.