Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bisianumu, nr Sogeri, 15-20.iii.1955, 500 m., with Strumigenys loriae (from nest no. 610), in rainforest (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: paratype workers, queens and males with same data as holotype but from nests no. 610, 647, 664 (numbers not stated, “numerous paratypes of all castes”). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MSNG, USNM.