Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: India: Nicobar Is, Rajendra Nagar, 30.xii.1975 (P.K. Maity and party). Type-depository: NZSI.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 2 paratype queens. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: NZSI.
Type notes:Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 518, say that the type-material could not be found in NZSI.