Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Venezuela: on orchids (no further data: intercepted by U.S. Plant Quarantine, New Jersey, 12.v.1954). Type-depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 5 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: MZSP, USNM.