Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Paraguay: Tapua, Santa Maria, 25.x.1982 (F. Baud). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 28 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 28 paratype workers from 19 different localities in Brazil: Bahia, with many different dates and collectors, listed in Fernández, 2003b: 15. Secondary type depositories: CPDC, ICNB, IAVH, LACM, MIZA, PSWC, USNM, WEMC.