Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Kerala, Periyar Tiger Reserve, Manalar, 9°35´N, 77°18´E, 1630 m a.s.l., 24.x.2011, hand collected (Shahid A. Akbar). Primary type depository: PUAC. Primary type specimen: PUAC0015.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: PUAC. Secondary type specimens: PUAC0016, PUAC0017.