Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Seleo I., nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe) (
L. Biró) (invalid restriction of type locality by
Brown, 1971c: 75; no lectotype designated), Papua New Guinea: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (= Madang) (
L. Biró), Papua New Guinea: Beliao I., nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe) (
L. Biró). Primary type depositories:
HNHM,
MSNG,
USNM.