Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Tatupiti, nr Tapini, 1200 m., viii.1962, acc. 2293 (R.W. Taylor). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, QMBA.