Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: New Caledonia: nr Ciu, on the approach to Mt Canala, 300 m., xii.1954 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but i.1955. Secondary type depository: MCZC.