Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (F. Walker). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576, cites 2 worker, 1 queen, 1 male syntypes, but Ward, 2001: 602, records only the 2 worker, 1 queen syntypes.