Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Hosoishi & Ogata, 2012: 22). Primary type locality: lectotype Vietnam (“Cochinchine”): Lang Bian (Bouvard). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Original syntype series also contained one or more queens. 2) Original description gave no locality data; type locality from Santschi, 1924c: 98.