Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Jamaica: Kingston, Botanical Garden, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Hashmi, 1973b: 12, cites 9 major, 6 minor syntype workers in MHNG; he also includes 2 syntype males Jamaica: (no further data) (C.G. Gagzo) that are not mentioned in the original description. 2) Forel’s Neotropical itinerary is outlined in Forel, 1902b: 170.