Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: New Caledonia (no further data; holotype a single specimen sent to Viehmeyer by Emery). Primary type depository: unknown (
Ward, 1984: 138, reports holotype not in
MNHU).
Type notes:
Ward, 1984: 139, says that specimens, probably from the original series, are in
MSNG and
NHMB, from New Caledonia: Ngoyé, 19.ix.1911.