Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 393). Primary type locality: lectotype Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, San Antonio (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907249 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 393, report specimens in MHNG labelled as syntypes from two localities in Costa Rica, and one in Colombia: Rio Frio. These were not recorded by Forel in the original description and are not type-material.