Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Morobe, Wau, Mt Kolorong, 2300 m., 2.vi.1992 (G. Cuccodoro). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 23 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.