Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (= Madang), 1900 (Biró) (by restriction of Brown & Kempf, 1960: 221). Primary type depository: HNHM.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities Papua New Guinea: Stephansort (= Bogadjim), 1900 (Biró), and Hansemann Mts, 1900 (Biró).