Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (= Madang) (L. Biró). Primary type depositories: HNHM, MSNG.
Type notes:
Emery adds, “Legit etiam in Papuasia orientali Dom. L. Loria, cui speciem dicavi” (= “also collected in eastern Papuasia by L. Loria, to whom the species is dedicated”.