Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Golfe Dulce (H. Pittier). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:Hashmi, 1973b: 89, cites 3 worker syntypes from the type locality, and 1 queen from Costa Rica: Great Island (H. Nepperschmidt), queen is not mentioned in the original description.