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.