Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Huila, Parque Nacional Cuevas de los Guacharos, 10 km. SE Palestina, 2200 m., 16.i.1978, cloud forest (C. Kugler & J. Hahn). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type localities: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen with same data as holotype, 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 1900-2200 m., 15.i.1978, forest, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 17.i.1978. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.