Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, from Dibulla to Santa Marta, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (
A. Forel). Primary type depository:
MHNG.
Type notes:
1)
Hashmi, 1973b: 24, cites 3 major, 6 minor worker syntypes in
MHNG. 2) Forel’s Neotropical itinerary is outlined in
Forel, 1902b: 170.