Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bulolo River Valley, 6 km. NE Wau, 1100 m., vii.1962, acc. no. 1917, ex rotting log (R.W. Taylor). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype but acc. no. 2013. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BPBM, MCZC, USNM.