Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Colombia: Nariño, Barbacoas, Berlín, El Diviso, 520 m., 22.viii.1994, no. 294 (F. Escobar). Type-depository: ICNB.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: same data as holotype but no. 277. Paratype-depository: MCZC.
Type notes:Feitosa & Brandão, 2008: 15, give the holotype no. 277, and the paratype no. 294.