Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Agudos, 7.i.1959 (C. Gilbert). Type-depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 3 paratype queens. Paratype-locality: 2 paratype queens São Paulo, Agudos, 23.ii.1955, and 4.xii.1955 (W.W. Kempf), 1 paratype queen Rio de Janeiro, Pôrto das Caixas, ii.1928 (O. Conde). Paratype-depository: MZSP.