Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): SE of Nieuera-Ellia (= Nuwara Eliya), 5000 ft (von Ransonnet). Type-depository: NHMW.
Type notes:Hosoishi, 2020: 767, incorrectly cites as syntypes 2 workers Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (Yerbury).