Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India, Kerala State, Western Ghats, E of Nilambur, nr Punnapuzha, 10.iv.1969, M-228 (
A.B. Soans & W.L. Brown). Primary type depository:
MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: >18 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: an unstated number of paratype workers from same series as holotype, 18 paratype workers from the following localities (number from each not stated): Kerala, Kottiyoor, Wynaad Taluk (
A.B. Soans & W.L. Brown), Kerala, Valara Falls, 46 km. SW Munnar, 450+ m. (no collector’s name), Madras Prov. (=Tamil Nadu), Cardamon Hills, no. 49 (
C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & R. Mussard), Tamil Nadu, 39 km. E Kodaikanal, 650 m., Palai Hills, no. 20 (
C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & R. Mussard). Secondary type depositories:
BMNH,
MCZC,
MHNG.