Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Nadzab, 20-22.v.1955, no. 1101, dry evergreen forest (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 1086, 6 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 1093. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.