Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Yunnan Prov., Jinghong County, Puwen Town, Songshanling, 1270 m., 4.iii.1998, no. A98-59 (Y. He). Primary type depository: SFCY.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 28 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: paratype workers with same data as holotype, paratype queen with same data as holotype but no. A98-51. Secondary type depository: SFCY.