Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 85). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 77, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 122, cites 5 worker, 1 male syntypes in MHNG.