Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Bhutan: Phuntsholing, 2/400 m., 15.4, Nat.-Hist. Museum Basel- Bhutan Expd. 1972 (no collector’s name, probably C. Baroni Urbani). Type-depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 2 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: MRSN, NHMB.