Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Selangor, Genting Highlands, below Sri Layan, 1.iv.1981, hill forest, red-rotten wood (W. L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZ-ENT00728278.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, UCDC. Secondary type specimens: MCZ-ENT00728275 (queen), MCZ-ENT00728276, MCZ-ENT00728277, MCZ-ENT00793729, MCZ-ENT00793730, MCZ-ENT00793731.