Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Ambunti, 4.13°S, 142.49°E, 50 m., 2.vii.1980, lowland rainforest, ex rotten log, #4651 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: UCDC.