Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Sabah, Crocker Range, 1600 m., 18.v.1987 (I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers Sabah, Kinabalu, 1560-1660 m., 24.iv.1987, no. 30a (I. Löbl & D. Burckhardt). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MIZA.