Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Mexico: Puebla, Huachinango, on bamboo poles (intercepted by U.S. Plant Quarantine, El Paso, Texas, 7.ii.1945). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: 1 paratype queen Mexico: on orchids (no further data) (intercepted by U.S. Plant Quarantine, Brownsville, Texas, 10.xii.1956), 1 paratype queen Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Porto das Caixas, iii.1928 (O. Conde). Secondary type depository: MZSP.