Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of LaPolla, 2004a: 49). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, left bank Parahyba River (E.A. Göldi). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: AMNH, MHNG.