Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Prov., Puni Puni Point, 10°12’S, 150°27’E, 24.ix.1960 (A. Catley). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 8 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, CASC, MCZC, QMBA.