Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino, 2007: 57). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: (no further data) (A. Tonduz). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Shattuck, 1994: 12, cites 11 worker syntypes (4 in BMNH, 7 in MCZC). 2) Other original syntype locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Hacienda de la Esperanza (Lallemand, A. Forel).