Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, nr old São Paulo–Santos highway, nr summit Serra do Mar, 15.viii.1958 (W.W. Kempf & V. dos Santos). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 22 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MZSP.