Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bubia, 13 km. NW Lae, 18-19.v.1955, no. 1063, lowland rainforest (
E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository:
MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories:
BMNH,
MCZC.