Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Malanda, 6 & 7.xi.1950, rainforest, rotten log (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.
Type notes:
Type-series restricted to Malanda material, from that given in original description, by Bolton, 2000: 981.