Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago, Ralum (F. Dahl). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, OXUM.
Type notes:
1) Shattuck, 1994: 134, cites 33 worker, 12 queen, 18 male syntypes. 2) Forel, 1901c: 21, records that nests with alate queens and males were dated 1.vi.1896, 4.vii.1896, 18.vii.1896, and 20.x.1896.