Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194). Primary type locality: lectotype Dominica: Long Ditton, nr Roseau (F.E. Lutz) (by restriction of Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated, “numerous...from three different colonies”), 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type localities: paralectotypes with same data as lectotype, and paralectotypes Dominica: Laudet (F.E. Lutz). Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, MZSP.