Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Sri Lanka (“Ceylan”): (no further data) (Yerbury), Sri Lanka: (no further data) (Sarasin brothers). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 141, cites 10 worker syntypes in NHMB.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1912o: 52.