Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Malaysia: Malacca, Maxwell’s Hill, nr Taiping, 2.ii.-15.iii.1912 (H. von Buttel-Reepen). Primary type depository: MHNG.
[Misspelled as maxvellensis by Emery, 1920d: 11 (in key).]