Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: New Caledonia: Mt Koghis, 450 m., 18.ii.1977, 22.11°S, 166.31°E, leaf litter Berlesate, rainforest, #2255-2 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.