Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 468). Primary type locality: lectotype Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, San Antonio, >1000 m. (A. Forel) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 162; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 8 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, MZSP.
Type notes:
1) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 134, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Other original syntype locality: Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Burithaca (A. Forel).