Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Hunan Prov., Jianghua County, 7.vi.1978 (J. Peng & S. Yin). Primary type depository: CAFB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: CAFB.