Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Kerala, Silent Valley, camp site, 14.i.1980 (Silent Valley Expd.) (S.K. Battacharyya). Primary type depository: NZSI.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: NZSI.