Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Kerala, Silent Valley Nat. Park, 11°5’N, 76°26’E, 897 m., 25.ix.2011, Winkler (
S.A. Akbar). Type-depository:
PUAC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 25 paratype workers, 3 paratype ergatoid queens. Paratype-locality: 13 paratype workers, 3 paratype ergatoid queens with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Kerala, Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, 10°45’N, 76°44’E, 118 m., 6.xi.2011, Winkler (
S.A. Akbar), 10 paratype workers Kerala, Periyar Tiger Reserve, Manalar, 9°35’N, 77°18’E, 1630 m., 27.x.2011, hand picking (
S.A. Akbar). Paratype-depositories:
BMNH,
PUAC.