Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Lae, Didiman Creek, 29.iii.1955, no. 711 (E.O. Wilson). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: MCZC.
Type notes:Brown, 1978c: 580, says that the paratype has since been lost.