Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Morobe Prov., Mt Missim, 7°20’S, 146°43’, (no date of collection) (Stevens). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Eastern Highlands, Mingende, 5000 ft, 14.i.1968 (B.B. Lowery). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, QMBA.