Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Okinawa Pref., Okinawa-jima, Sashiki-son, 27.xii.1989 (M. Terayama). Primary type depository: MNHA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 10 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Japan: Kagoshima Pref., Amami-oshima, Itokina, 28.vii.1963 (Y. Kurosawa), 1 paratype worker Kagoshima Pref., Akuseki-jima, Tokara Is, 4.vii.1984 (K. Tomiyama). Secondary type depository: MNHA.