Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: 11 km. E Bayer R. Sanctuary, 5.30°S, 144.16°E, 1900 m., 24.vi.1980, ex rotten log, montane forest, #4565 (
P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: 
BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: 
ANIC, 
BMNH, 
MCZC, 
UCDC.
Type notes:
More paratypes in alcohol in 
ANIC.