Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Peru: Machu Picchu, 2600-2800 m., 28.ii.-1.iii.1967, no. H-176 (W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 13 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 10 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 8.v.1982 (R.J. Burges). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP.