Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Peru: Marcapata (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 57; no lectotype designated), Peru: Pachitea (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas), Bolivia: Mapiri (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas). Primary type depository: MSNG.