Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Cuezzo, 2000: 270). Primary type locality: lectotype Argentina: Jujuy, ii.1916, no. 11.516 (E. de Carles). Primary type depository: MACN.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MACN, MHNG.
Type notes:Shattuck, 1994: 96, cites 8 worker syntypes (1 MHNG).