Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Berlinhafen (= Aitepe) (L. Biró), Papua New Guinea: Seleo I. (L. Biró), Papua New Guinea: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (= Madang) (L. Biró). Primary type depositories HNHM, MSNG.