Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Ryukyu Is, Yonaguni-jima, Tindabana, Sonai, 18.iii.1991 [colony 91006] (
H. Watanabe). Primary type depository: none stated (perhaps
NIAS,
OIST,
SKYC, perhaps also
KUIC,
MNHA,
UTKC).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 44 paratype workers, 15 paratype queens, 2 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: none stated (perhaps
NIAS,
OIST,
SKYC, perhaps also
KUIC,
MNHA,
UTKC).