Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Taiwan: Nantou Hsien, Ren’ai Xiang, Nanfen Cun, Nanshanchi (ca 800 m.), 12.viii.1980 (M. Terayama). Primary type depository: NIAS.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 17 paratype workers, 9 paratype queens, 5 paratype males. Secondary type locality: 11 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 3 paratype males with same data as holotype, 6 paratype workers, 5 paratype queens, 2 paratype males with same data as holotype but 13.viii.1980. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, BPBM, NIAS, OMNH, TARI, UTKC.