Primary type information:
Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Longino & Snelling, 2002: 15). Primary type locality: neotype Brazil: Amazonas, Ilha de Curari, Várzea, 22.i.1976, ex ground photoeclector (J. Adis). Primary type depository: LACM.
Type notes:
Original holotype data: Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Naranjo (A. Forel). Longino & Snelling, 2002: 16, say that the original holotype is lost, not in MHNG or MZSP.