Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo State, São Paulo City, Serra da Cantareira, 1.iii.1959, (Kempf coll. no. 2992) (W.W. Kempf & V. dos Santos). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 17 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MZSP.