Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, San Lourenço, 1880 (H. von Jhering) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 190; no lectotype designated), Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Camaquam, 1880 (H. von Jhering). Primary type depository: MSNG.