Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Chile: Valparaiso (Hoffmann) (by restriction of Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 87). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Chile: (no further data) (Burger), Argentina: Buenos Aires (Ris).