Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Central Prov., Lejo Road, nr Popondetta, 9.vii.1973 (P.M. Room). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: Papua New Guinea, Sepik Prov., Passam, nr Wewak, ca 270 m., 5.vii.1972, berlesate, rainforest (R.W. Taylor). Secondary type depository: ANIC.