Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, 5°59’N, 116°04’E, 14.x.1978 (
B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: 
ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
ANIC, 
BMNH, 
FFKT, 
FRCK, 
KUEC, 
LKCS, 
MBSB, 
MCZC, 
PSWC, 
SIZK, 
SKYC, 
UCDC.