Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Mongi Watershed, Ebabaang, 1400 m., 18.iv.1955 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: HNHM, MCZC, USNM.