Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Mt Hagan area, ca 2000 m., 5.vii.1974, B-280 (S. Peck). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.