Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Valle Dept, Pichindé Valley, SW Cali, 1570 m., 22.iii.1967 (R.B. Root & W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 28 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP.