Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: East New Britain Prov., Gazelle Peninsula, Baining Mts, 3 km. N Malasait, 4°26’S, 151°53’E, ca 600 m., 11.vii.1984, acc. 84.23 (R.J. Kohout). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 19 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 3 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, QMBA.