Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Bolton, 2000: 401). Primary type locality: French Polynesia: Marquesas Is, Uapou I., Hakahetau Valley, 2500 ft, 8.xii.1929 (
A.M. Adamson) (earlier invalid restriction of type locality by
Brown, 1953g: 124; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository:
BPBM.
Type notes:
The second specimen mentioned by
Wheeler, 1932e (Marquesas Is. Nukuhiva, Ooumu, 4050 ft (
E.P. Mumford & A.M. Adamson)), is excluded from the type series (
Bolton, 2000: 401).