Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: syntypes Papua New Guinea: Seleo I., nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe) (L. Biró) (by restriction of Brown, 1971c: 75); other syntypes Papua New Guinea: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (= Madang) (L. Biró), and Papua New Guinea: Beliao I., nr Berlinhafen (= Aitepe) (L. Biró). Primary type depositories: HNHM, MSNG, USNM.