Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: East Sepik Prov., 3 km. S Dewak, 3°37’S, 143°37’E, 400 m., 15.ii.1989, no.10199 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, CASC, MCZC, QMBA.