Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Kerala, Palakkad, 10°47’N, 76°40’E, 84 m., 23.vi.2009 (Karmaly et al.). Type-depository SXAK.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype.
Type notes:Karmaly et al., 2012: 158, state that type-material, “eventually will be transferred to Western Ghats Regional Station of Zoological Survey of India, Calicut” (= ZSIK).