Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Samoa: Upolu I., Afiamalu, 19.i.1956 (
T.E. Woodward). Primary type depository:
MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 30 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories:
ANIC,
MCZC.