Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype ergatoid queen. Type-locality: New Caledonia: Grande Terre, Prov. Sud, Sarraméa, Plateau de Dogny trail, 21°37’10.7’’S, 16552’31.9°E, 897 m., 16.xi.2011, mixed mountain forest, hand picking on ground, VP209 (
V. Perrichot). Type-depository:
MNHN.
Type notes:
Under the heading “holotype” the specimen is given as a “wingless queen”, but in the next paragraph it is described as “worker holotype”.