Primary type information:
Primary type material: 1 syntype worker-queen intercaste, 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: intercaste Hawaiian Is (“Sandwich Is”): Kauai I., Lahue, 2000 ft, vii.1896 (
R.C.L. Perkins), queen Hawaiian Is: Oahu, Honolulu, xi.1896 (
R.C.L. Perkins). Primary type depositories:
BMNH,
MHNG.