Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of LaPolla, 2004a: 65). Primary type locality: lectotype Solomon Is: Malaita I., Auki, v.-xi.1916 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 18 paralectotype workers, 5 paralectotype queens. Secondary type localities: 6 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen with same data as lectotype, 12 paralectotype workers, 4 paralectotype queens Solomon Is: San Cristobal I., Wainoni Bay, and Pamua, 19.v.-24.xi.1916 (W.M. Mann). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.