Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Central Prov., nr Eilogo, 21.xii.1980 (J.W. Ismay). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, CASC, MCZC, QMBA.