Megalomyrmex cupecuara Brandão, 1990b: 423, figs. 3, 11, 21-23 (w.m.) COLOMBIA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Colombia: Depto Valle del Cauca, Munic. Buenaventura, Anchicaya, 17-19.vii.1971 (W.L. Brown). Type-depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 3 paratype workers, 8 paratype males. Paratype-locality: 3 paratype workers, 4 paratype males with same data as holotype, 1 paratype male Valle del Cauca, 4 km. E Sabaletos, 10.x.1975 (R.C. Wilkerson), 3 paratype males Ecuador: Prov. Pichincha, Tinaladnia, 16 km. SE S. Domingo de los Colorados, vi.1975 (S. & J. Peck). Paratype-depositories: MCZC, MIZA, MZSP. Type notes: Brandão, 1990b: 423, comments that MCZC has 12 more specimens from the Anchicaya series.