Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen, syntype males (number not stated). Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylan”): (no further data), iii.94 (
Yerbury). Primary type depositories:
MHNG,
NHMB. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0909789.
Type notes:
1)
Shattuck, 1994: 167, cites 7 worker syntypes Sri Lanka. 2)
Forel, 1895f: 467, lists localities in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat for
Technomyrmex albipes, within the description of which
Technomyrmex bruneipes is mentioned. One or more of these Indian states must refer to
Technomyrmex bruneipes but none is specified, whereas the Sri Lanka (
Yerbury) series bears “
bruneipes typus” labels in the Forel collection (
Bolton, 2007b: 69).