Acropyga acutiventris var. rubescens Forel, 1894c: 418 (w.q.m.) INDIA (Karnataka). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of LaPolla, 2004a: 33). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Kanara (Bell). Primary type depositories: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 9 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens, 3 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG. Type notes: Other original syntype localities: India: Belgaum (R.C. Wroughton), Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (Yerbury).