Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: West Sepik Prov., Victor Emmanuel Range, 5°07’S, 141°38’E, nr Telefomin, 1550 m., 17-19.viii.1984, acc. no. 1984.305 (
R.J. Kohout). Primary type depository: 
ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
ANIC, 
BMNH, 
BPBM, 
KUPC, 
MCZC, 
MHNG, 
QMBA.