Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Okinawa Pref., Yaeyama Is, Ishigaki-jima, 3.viii.1984 (M. Terayama). Primary type depository: MNHA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 8 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Okinawa Pref., Yaeyama Is, Yonagunijima, iii.1989 (H. Takamine). Secondary type depository: MNHA.