Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: New Ireland Prov., Lelet Plateau, 3°20’S, 151°56’E, 800-1000 m., 19-24.vii.1984, acc. 84.95 (R.J. Kohout). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, CASC, LACM, MCZC, QMBA.