Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Lae, Didiman Creek, 29.iii.1955, no. 711 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes:Brown, 1978c: 580, says that the paratype has been lost.