Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ward, 1989a: 443). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 224). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Costa Rica: Jiménez, 1889 (A. Alfaro), Costa Rica: Pozo Azul, 1889 (A. Alfaro).