Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, 4 km. ENE Cairns, <5 m., 16°55’S, 145°48’E, 17.i.1989, #10002 (
P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: 
ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
AMSC, 
ANIC, 
BMNH, 
FFKT, 
KUEC, 
LACM, 
LKCS, 
MBSB, 
MCZC, 
PSWC, 
SIZK, 
SKYC, 
TERC, 
UCDC.