Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sabah, Taman Kinabalu, 1500 m., 7.i.1998, SB98-SKY-05 (Sk. Yamane). Primary type depository: MBSM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 12 paratype workers Sabah, Kinabalu Park, 1600 m., 6.ii.2001, SB01-SKY-03 (Sk. Yamane). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, SKYC, TNHM.