Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: 15 km. NW Mendi, 6.03S, 143.33E, 2200 m., 29.vii.1980, ground foragers montane rainforest edge, roadside, #4632 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: UCDC.