Myrtoteras kuroiwae Matsumura, 1912: 192, pl. 54, fig. 1 (w.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Yoshimura et al., 2007: 93). Primary type locality: lectotype Japan: Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., 25.x.1907, no. 425 (K. Kuroiwa). Primary type depository: SEHU. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: SEHU.