Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 245). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Himalaya, LIX/4 (Smythies). Primary type depositories: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, OXUM.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: India: Darjeeling (Wroughton), northen India (Wroughton), Deota (Smythies), Mysore (Rothney), and Kämáon (Schlagintweit); these are discussed by Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 246.