Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Philippines: Negros, Cuernos Mts, nr Dumaguete, ca 600 m. (J.W. Chapman). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.