Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: New Zealand: South I., west coast, Peel Forest, “P.F. 3/74” and Kelly’s Creek, “K.C.” (
C.M. Wakefield). Primary type depository:
BMNH.
Type notes:
1) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 2 worker, 1 queen, 1 male syntypes in
BMNH. 2) Each worker syntype also has a small rectangular label with “N. Zealand” on the upper side and “76/20” on the underside. The queen and male have no specific locality information (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).