Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Paraná, Rio Azul PR, 1000 m., x.1959, sifted leaf mould (F. Plaumann). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MZSP.