Myrtoteras kuroiwae Matsumura, 1912: 192, pl. 54, fig. 1 (w.) JAPAN (Okinawa I.). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Yoshimura et al., 2007: 93). Type-locality: lectotype Japan: Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., 25.x.1907, no. 425 (K. Kuroiwa). Type-depository: SEHU. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: SEHU.