Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype minor worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: New Mexico, nr Carrizozo, vic. Tularosa Basin lava beds (C.P. Stroud). Primary type depository: FMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 8 paratype minor workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype and also USA: California: Split Mt., Anza Desert St. Pk., 152m, 19.iv.1952, W.S. Creighton, M.P. Creighton, Gregg Ant Collection. Secondary type depositories: FMNH, MCZC, USNM, USNM.