Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen, syntype males (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (Schupp) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 90; no lectotype designated), Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (Meyer). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP.