| Authorship |
Seifert, 2023a:
51, fig. 25
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| Forms |
w.q. |
| Bioregion |
Indomalaya |
| Locality |
WEST MALAYSIA |
| Etymology |
From Latin, meaning “grooved”, because of the very pronounced metanotal groove. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Negeri Sembilan, Pasoh Forest Reserve, iii-iv.1994, fog sample, 2-15 (M. Brendel, K. Jackson, L. Ficken). Primary type depository: BMNH. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, SMNG. |
| Type notes |
The type material includes a queen, however, this caste is not included in the description. |