Primary type information:
Primary type material: 1 syntype soldier, syntype workers (number not stated, “several”). Primary type localities: soldier, workers Brazil: Rio Grande (do Sul) (H. von Ihering), 1 worker Paraguay (no further data) (L. Balzan). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 626, cite 2 worker syntypes in MSNG.
[Also described as new by Emery, 1894h: 384 (footnote).]
[Misspelled as iheringii by Forel, 1895b: 141, and others.]