Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Himalaya, LIX/4 (Smythies). Primary type depositories: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, OXUM.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: India: Darjeeling (R.C. Wroughton), India: northern India (R.C. Wroughton), India: Deota (Smythies), India: Mysore (G.A.J. Rothney), India: Kämáon (Schlagintweit); these are discussed by Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 246.