Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 117). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Colonia Alpina, nr Theresopolis (A. Göldi). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes:Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 actually cite 6 specimens in MCZC; other original syntypes will certainly be in MHNG.