Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: New Caledonia: Col d’Amoss, 300 m., 20°18’S, 164°25’E, 3.v.1980, acc. no. 4215-1, on low vegetation, gully rainforest (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but acc. nos 4215-1, 4216, 4217 (P.S. Ward). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0281324, CASENT0900543.