Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: South, 8 mi. NE Munnar, 6200 ft, 20.iii.1962 (E.S. Ross & D.Q. Cavagnaro). Primary type depository: CASC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 32 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC.
Type notes:
More workers + brood preserved in ethanol in CASC.