Lobopelta kitteli var. purpurea Emery, 1887f: 433 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea (“New Guinea”): Andai (L.M. D’Albertis). Primary type depository: MSNG. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given.