Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Dist., 20 km. W Rabaraba, ca 610 m., viii.1969 (R.J. Pullen). Primary type depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, QMBA.