Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bulolo, 2000 ft, 26.xi.1967, rainforest, ANIC ants vial 17.191 (B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.