Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: C.P., Varirata N.P., 550 m., 5.ii.1981 (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.