Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Australia: “Hab. Australia?” (no further data). Primary type depository:
BMNH. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0902480.
Type notes:
1) Presumed holotype worker is labelled “type. Sm. Coll. 79. 32”, with no locality data on the label. There is no proof that this specimen is in fact the holotype. If the “79” refers to 1879, as is usual in old
BMNH accessions, that would rule out this specimen because the holotype was collected before 1858, but conversely the (18)79 may be the Farren-White donation date (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978). 2) Type locality India, after
Forel, 1886d: 246;
Forel, 1900f: 326;
Bingham, 1903: 97.