Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 68). Primary type locality: lectotype Martinique: (no further data) (E. Bugnion) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 125; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Other original syntype locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado (A. Müller). 2) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 77, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.