Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Huon Peninsula, Mongi-Mape Watershed, Wamuki, 800 m., 19-20.iv.1955, no.859 (E.O. Wilson). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 7 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype.