Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Naranjo (A. Forel). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 81, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 20, cites 44 worker syntypes (3 in MCZC, 40 in MHNG, 1 in NHMB).