Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: New Ireland Prov., east coast, 3 km. S Konos, 3°09’S, 151°43’E, <50 m., 22.vii.1984, acc. 84.105 (R.J. Kohout). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 58 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, CASC, MCZC, QMBA, USNM.