Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype minor worker (by designation of Kempf, 1960f: 463). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina (L. Hetschko). Primary type depository: NHMW. Primary type specimen: CASENT0915802 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMW.
Type notes:Kempf, 1960f: 463, adds that the locality label “states that they were collected at Blumenau”.