Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: 12 km. SW Telefomin, 5°13’S, 141°35’E, 7.vii.1980, 1600 m., rotten log, montane rainforest, #4718 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 16 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 3 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, UCDC.
Type notes:
A number of additional specimens remain in alcohol in ANIC.