Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: holotype Japan: Honshu, Kanagawa Pref., Manazuru, 4.iv.1968, 20.x.1968, 5.i.1973 (
M. Kubota). [Note: date of holotype is not given.] Primary type depository:
MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 38+ paratype workers, 8+ paratype queens, 2+ paratype males. Secondary type localities: 38 paratype workers, 8 paratype queens, 2 paratype males with same data as holotype, unspecified numbers of paratype workers, queens, males Japan: Honshu, Shizuoka Pref., Hamaoka, 15.xi.1976 (
R. Egawa), Chiba Pref., Kiyosumiyama, viii.1976 (
T. Kannari), Wakayama Pref., Shirahama, 6.i.1971 (
M. Kubota), Kyushu, Miyazaki Pref., Miyazaki-jingu, 18.vii.1971 (
M. Shindo). Secondary type depositories:
BMNH,
KUPC,
LACM,
MCZC.
Type notes:
Only numbers of specimens from the type-locality (Manazuru, 3 nest series) are detailed, paratypes from other localities are not enumerated.