Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1993b: 53). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: (no further data) (A. Tonduz) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 119; no lectotype designated) Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens. Secondary type localities: 5 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens with same data as lectotype, 1 paralectotype worker Mexico: Tabasco, Teapa (H.H. Smith). Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype locality: Panama: Chiriqui Caldera (Champion).