Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Northern Dist., Managalase Area, 2500-3000 ft, viii.1965 (R.J. Pullen). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Northern Prov., Owen Stanley Range, nr Mamba Plantation, ca 7 km. WNW Kokoda, 500 m., 31.viii.-1.ix.1984, acc. 84.403 (R.J. Kohout), 1 paratype queen with same data as last but acc. 84.391. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, QMBA.