Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Puerto Rico: Luquillo Experimental Forest, El Verde Field Station (PRNC), 1500 ft, 1.vii.1970 (R.J. Lavigne). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 415 paratype workers, 9 paratype queens, 5 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: UPRS, USNM, UWLW.