Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Cuezzo, 2000: 232). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (H. von Ihering). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:Shattuck, 1994: 92, cites 8 worker syntypes in MHNG.