Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, 4th Division, Gunung Mulu Nat. Park, v.-viii.1978, camp 2, BM 1978-49 (P.M. Hammond & J.E. Marshall). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.