Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Ryukyu Is, Kume-jima, Shimajiri, 20.v.1991 [colony 91050] (H. Watanabe). Type depository: none stated (perhaps NIAS, OIST, SKYC, perhaps also KUIC, MNHA, UTKC).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 28 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Type depository: none stated (perhaps NIAS, OIST, SKYC, perhaps also KUIC, MNHA, UTKC).