Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Solomon Is: Guadalcanal, Gold Ridge, 800 m., 23.vi.1956 (J.L. Gressitt). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: Solomon Is: Bougainville, Guaba, 720 m., 19.vi.1956 (E.J. Ford Jr). Secondary type depository: BMNH.