Type notes:
Material included: Argentina: Catamarca, Ampojango (V. Weiser); 8 workers, 6 queens, 2 males (Shattuck, 1994: 97), deposited in NHMB (no type status).
Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Shattuck, 1994: 97.
[Forelius grandis var. basalisKempf, 1972b: 109. Unavailable name (variety proposed after 1960).]