Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Papua, Mafula, 4000 ft, xii.1933 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype males (number not stated, “over ninety”). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.