Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated), 1 syntype male. Primary type localities: at least 1 worker, 1 queen U.S.A.: District of Columbia (no collector’s name) (invalid restriction of type locality by Creighton, 1950a: 249; no lectotype designated), 1 worker New York, 1 worker Pennsylvania, 1 worker, 1 queen Carolina, and 1 male with no locality data (no collectors’ names; perhaps T. Pergande). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MNHU, MSNG, USNM.