Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: New Caledonia: Coné (F. Sarasin & J. Roux), Tiouaca Valley (F. Sarasin & J. Roux), and Hienghiène (F. Sarasin & J. Roux). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MSNG.
Type notes:Taylor, 1991b: 607, cites 3 major worker, 3 minor worker syntypes in ANIC.