Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: “New Holl, 44/4”. Primary type depository:
BMNH.
Type notes:
1) 1 worker in
BMNH confirmed. 2)
Smith, 1858a states only “Australia” as type locality but the holotype data label states “
O. ruficeps Sm. Type” and “New Holl, 44/4”.
BMNH accessions register gives, “1844 no. 4 New Holland n. and nw. coast. Presented by Haslar Hospital. Collected by Bynoe esq. Surgeoan R.N.” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).