Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kohout, 1990: 501). Primary type locality: lectotype Indonesia: Aru Is, Wammar (= Wamar I.), Kepulauan Aru, 19.iii.1913, no. 2746 (W. Karawajew). Primary type depository: SIZK.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: SIZK.