Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Lower Busu River, nr Lae, 17.v.1955, no. 1058, rainforest (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 15 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 12 paratype workers (3 retained in alcohol) with same data as holotype but nos. 899, 942, 978, 1052, 1058, 1113. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, DRIR, MCZC, USNM.
Type notes:
Syntypes also in “Australian and European collections as yet unselected” (Brown & Wilson, 1957a: 5).