Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype major worker. Type-locality: Japan: Okinawa Pref., Okinawa-jima, Syuri, 6.x.1988 (M. Terayama). Type-depository: MNHA.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 5 paratype major workers, 12 paratype minor workers. Paratype-localities: 2 paratype major workers, 5 paratype minor workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype major workers, 5 paratype minor workers Okinawa-jima, Chibana, 19.v.1983 (T. Mizukami), 1 paratype major worker, 2 paratype minor workers Okinawa-jima, Chinen, 26.viii.1975 (T. Abe). Paratype-depositories: NIAS, NSMT.