Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Argentina: Jujuy, Hornadita, 3 leagues SW Iturbe, 3500 m. (V. Weiser) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 66; no lectotype designated), Argentina: Jujuy, Cueva del Inca, 3900 m. (V. Weiser). Primary type depository: NHMB.