Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Chocó, 10 km. SW San Jose de Palmar, Finca Los Guaduales, 760 m., 2.vi.1978 (C. Kugler). Primary type depository: MIZA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 18 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, LACM, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP, USNM.