Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: East Highlands Prov., Mingende, 5°58’S, 144°53’E, 5200 ft, 11.i.1968, #NG507 (B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, QMBA.