Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1959d: 398). Type-locality: lectotype Venezuela: Edo. Carabobo, San Esteban, 3.iii.1940, in bat cave (P.J. Anduze). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depositories: AMNH, MCZC (probably also MIZA).