Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is., Wokam I., 50 m., 22.viii.1991, #1 F9112015, 40°S, 134.48°E, humid forest leaf litter (D. Agosti). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG.