Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Type-locality: workers Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”), queen Indonesia: Bintam (= Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, Bintan I.?). Type-depository: MNHU.
Type notes:
Roger gives no locality data for the worker in the original description; Sri Lanka is provided by Roger, 1863b: 20.