Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone Nat. Park, 10.ii.1985, Plot, A, rainforest litter (P.M. Hammond). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901258.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 250 m., 17.i.1985, lowland rainforest. Secondary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0172824.