Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Taiwan: Chihpen, Taitung City, 22.vii.1982 (M. Terayama). Type-depository: NSMT.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 12 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Paratype-locality: 8 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 23.vii.1982, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 24.vii.1982, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype but 10.viii.1980. Paratype-depositories: NIAS, NSMT, TARI.