Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Bolton, 1977: 86). Primary type locality: lectotype Indonesia: Aru Is (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: paralectotype originally from same card mount. Secondary type depositories: BMNH.
Type notes:
The card on which the OXUM (lectotype) specimen is mounted has been cut in half at some time in the past and originally included a second worker, the apices of the legs of which are still visible on the card, to the left of the lectotype specimen; the BMNH paralectotype is this maimed worker.