Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Philippines: Negros Oriental, Dumaguete, Tabuc-Tubig, 27.v.1983 (707) (C.K. Stall & F.P. Godoy). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 8 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, KUEC, MHNG, NMPM, TNHM.