Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Menado (= Manado), “Men.” (
A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository:
OXUM. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0235208.
Type notes:
1)
Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468, cites 1 worker in
OXUM. 2)
Bolton, 1977: 99, Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, points out that the holotype is a queen, not a worker. 3) The original description is titled “Worker,” but this is a misprint as
Smith, 1861b mentions the presence of black ocelli.