Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Colombia: San Antonio, 1000 m. (A. Forel) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 36; no lectotype designated), Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada (A. Forel). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG.
Type notes:Shattuck, 1994: 29, cites 34 worker, 2 queen syntypes (3 workers in BMNH, 31 workers, 2 queens in MHNG).