Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Sinimbu, 200 m., ix.1960 (F. Plaumann). Type-depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 4 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: MZSP.