Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Minas Gerais, 2 km. S Monte Verde, 22°54’S, 46°03’W, 1900 m., 26.viii.1996, PSW13155 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ALWC, BMNH, CASC, LACM, MCZC, MHNG, UCDC, USNM.