Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Samoa: Upolu, Afiamalu, 700 m., 15.iii.1962, rainforest, berlesate of moss on tree, 10-12 m. from ground, no. 581 (R.W. Taylor). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: Fiji Is: Viti Levu, Navai Mill, nr Nandarivatu, 800 m., 17.ix.1938 (E.C. Zimmerman). Secondary type depository: MCZC.