Primary type information:
Primary type material: 15 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, ix.1944 (E.S. Ross). Primary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, USNM.
Type notes:Shattuck, 1994: 36, cites 14 worker syntypes (8 in BMNH, 5 in CASC, 1 in USNM).