| Authorship |
Sadasivan & Kripakaran, 2022:
21381, figs. 1, 12-16
|
| Forms |
w.q.m. |
| Bioregion |
Indomalaya |
| Locality |
INDIA (Kerala) |
| Etymology |
The specific epithet keralensis is feminine, and refers to the state of Kerala, in southern India, where the species was discovered. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Kerala State, Trivandrum District, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Bonaccord, 900 m, 23.iii.2011, under bark of dead and fallen tree, primary evergreen forest (Manoj Kripakaran). Primary type depository: NCBS. Primary type specimen: NRC-AA-3762. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: India: Kerala State, Idukki District, Periyar Tiger Reserve, Vallakadavu, 935 m, 28.iii.2021, under bark of dead and fallen tree, primary evergreen forest (Kalesh Sadasivan). Secondary type depositories: NCBS, ZSI. Secondary type specimens: NRCAA-3763, TARG-1017, TARG-1018. |
