Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Shikoku, nr Saruta, in cave (J. Ishikawa). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Japan: intercepted in Plant Quarantine in U.S.A., Washington, Seattle, in cargo from unknown locality in Japan. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.