Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bisianumu, nr Sogeri, ca 500 m., 15-20.iii.1955, no. 671 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but no. 655. Secondary type depository: MCZC.