Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) queen. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Haputale, 5000 ft, 1911-12 (H. von Buttel-Reepen). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Hosoishi & Ogata, 2019: 9, say that type-material could not be found in MHNG.