Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Arizona, Cochise County, Cave Creek Canyon, Southwest Research Station, 5400 ft (1645 m.), Chiricahua Mts, 10.ix.1997, #4990 (S.P. Cover). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 90 paratype major and minor workers. Secondary type localities: paratypes: with same data as holotype, with same data as holotype but 7.2 km. WSW Portal, 1680 m., 8.viii.2001, #01-178 (R.R. Snelling). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, LACM, MCZC, RAJC, UCDC, USNM.