Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (
A. Forel). Primary type depositories:
MHNG,
MZSP.
Type notes:
1) Forel’s Neotropical itinerary is outlined in
Forel, 1902b: 170. 2) On p. 172 he adds the locality Barranquilla for this taxon.