Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Kempf, 1959d: 428). Primary type locality: indeterminate: either Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (Novara Expd.) (
G.R. von Frauenfeld), or Chile: Valparaiso (Novara Expd.) (
G.R. von Frauenfeld). Primary type depository:
NHMW.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
NHMW.
Type notes:
1)
Mayr, 1887 says the specimens originated in “Rio de Janeiro or Valparaiso”, during the Novara Expd. 2)
Kempf, 1972b: 134, cited Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara as type locality, but in his earlier lectotype designation;
Kempf, 1959d: 428, did not specify a locality.