Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Wau, 1250 m., 7.20°S, 146.42°E, 29.vii.1975, acc. no. 1016, under stone, second-growth montane rainforest (
P.S. Ward). Primary type depository:
BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 1 paratype male. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories:
BMNH,
UCDC.