Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Eastern Highlands, Benaga, ca 20 miles SW Aiyura, 6000 ft, 12.viii.1956, leaf mold Nothofagus (T.E. Woodward). Primary type depository: QMBA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, QMBA.