Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Sabah, Poring Hot Springs, East Ridge, 6°02’N, 116°42’E, 980 m., 31.v.1997 (A. Malsch). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data, 1 paratype worker Sabah, Tawau Nat. Park, 13.iii.2001 (M. Pfeiffer). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, USNM.