Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 319). Primary type locality: lectotype Argentina: Buenos Aires, Nuñez, 11.xi.1898 (F. Silvestri). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers, 3 paralectotype queens, 3 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG.