Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: New Caledonia: Col d’Amieu, 360 m., 21°36’S, 165°48’E, 20.ii.1977, acc. no. 2268, nest in cleft of rainforest tree (P.S. Ward). Type-depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated, “a series”). Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC.