| Authorship |
Shakur, 2025:
3, figs. 1-3
|
| Forms |
w. |
| Bioregion |
Indomalaya |
| Locality |
INDIA (Karnataka) |
| Etymology |
The word aranyani in Sanskrit means protector/guardian of the forest. The epithet represents the type locality: a forest fragment, being protected owing to tradition. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Karnataka, Kodagu district, Virajpet, Bettoli, 12.27042°N, 75.75820°E, 905m, pitfall, 11.ii.2021 (Mohammad Abdus Shakur). Primary type depository: NCBS. Primary type specimen: NRC-AA-9450. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: IISC, MSPC, NCBS. Secondary type specimen: NRC-AA-9451. |
