Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Ward, 1989a: 422). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santarem (
H.W. Bates). Primary type depository:
BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
BMNH.
Type notes:
1) Original description includes an unstated number of worker and queen syntypes, from Brazil (no further data). 2)
Ward, 1989a: 423, nominates Santarém as lectotype locality, and pointed out that the apparent type series contained more than one species.