Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Sabah, Poring Hot Springs, East Ridge, 820-860 m., 16.v.1998, no.4186 (A.K.F. Malsch). Primary type depository: MBSM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 10 paratype major workers, 24 paratype minor workers, 1 paratype male. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH, KEPC, MBSM, MCZC, MNHA, MHNG, NHMW.