Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-localities: holotype + paratypes Australia: Western Australia, Emu Rock, v.1926 (A. Arnold), Western Australia, Ravensthorpe, xii.1947 (T. Greaves). Type-depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated). Paratype-localities: holotype + paratypes Australia: Western Australia, Emu Rock, v.1926 (A. Arnold), Western Australia, Ravensthorpe, xii.1947 (T. Greaves).
Type notes:
Original description gives no indication which series contains the holotype, but Taylor & Brown, 1985: 6, cite Emu Rock.