Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Huon Peninsula, Lower Busu River, 5.v.1955, no. 957, lowland rainforest (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 14 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 6.v.1955, no. 978, 5 paratype workers Papua New Guinea: 13 km. NW Lae, Bubia, 26.iii.1955, no.688 (E.O. Wilson). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.