Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Paraguay: Canendiyu, Ype Jhu, 28.x.1979, no 39 (V. Mahnert). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 10 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.