Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Ryukyu Is, Amami-oshima, Sato-rindo, 31.v.1991 [colony 91087] (H. Watanabe). Type depository: none stated (probably NIAS, OIST, SKYC, possibly also KUIC, MNHA, UTKC).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 58 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Type depository: none stated (probably NIAS, OIST, SKYC, possibly also KUIC, MNHA, UTKC).