Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Vanuatu (“New Hebrides”): Espiritu Santo, 18.vi.1925 (
P.A. Buxton). Primary type depositories: 
BMNH, 
NHMB.
Type notes:
1) 
Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 87, cites 5 worker, 2 male syntypes in 
NHMB. 2) 
Shattuck, 1994: 146, cites 3 worker syntypes in 
BMNH.