Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: West Sepik Prov., Torricelli Mts, 1-2 km. NE Lumi, 3°28’S, 142°02’E, 400-500 m., 4-13.viii.1984, acc. 84.232 (R.J. Kohout). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 19 paratype workers, 7 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, QMBA.