Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Okinawa Pref., Yaeyama Is, Ishigaki-jima, Yoshino, 16.viii.1985 (K. Kinomura). Primary type depository: MNHA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 13 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MNHA.