Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: East Sepik Prov., Maprik, 3°36’S, 143°03’E, 150 m., 29.xii.-17.i.1960 (T.C. Maa). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, CASC, MCZC, QMBA.