Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Morobe Prov., Bulolo, 21.xii.1970 (B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, QMBA, USNM.