Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone Nat. Park, 400 m., 11.ii.1985 (
N.E. Stork). Primary type depository: 
BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 13 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
ANIC, 
BMNH, 
CASC, 
MCZC, 
QMBA.