Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Northern Prov., Kokoda, 1200 ft., iv.1933, no. 350, BM 1933-577 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, QMBA.