Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: Mexico: Puebla, Huachinango, on bamboo poles (intercepted by U.S. Plant Quarantine, El Paso, Texas, 7.ii.1945). Type-depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 2 paratype queens. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype queen Mexico: on orchids (no further data: intercepted by U.S. Plant Quarantine, Brownsville, Texas, 10.xii.1956), 1 paratype queen Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Porto das Caixas, iii.1928 (O. Conde). Paratype-depository: MZSP.