| Authorship |
Hosoishi, 2020:
763, figs. 1, 3, 4
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Indomalaya |
| Locality |
WEST MALAYSIA |
| Etymology |
The species name keris is directly adopted from the Malayan asymmetrical dagger of the same name, a traditional weapon of indigenous Malays, referring to the elongated propodeal spines of the species. The name is treated as a noun in apposition. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia, Endau Rompin National Park, Station 1, 6.vii.2003, fogging (H. Kokima). Primary type depository: FRIM. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 14 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, FRIM, HNHM, IEBR, ITBC, KUEC, MBBJ, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB, NHMW, THNHM, ZRC. |
