Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 216). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MSNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Costa Rica: Jiménez, 1889 (A. Alfaro), Costa Rica: Liberia, 1889 (A. Alfaro).