Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ecuador: Pichincha, Tinalandia, 16 km. SE Santo Domingo de Los Colorados, vi.1976 (S. & J. Peck). Primary type depository: MIZA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Colombia: Chocó, Lloró, Vereda Peñaloza, 26.iii.1988 (V. James). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, LACM, MCZC.