Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Bahia, Una (Res. Biol. IBDF), 25.ix.1988, #2373-6 (J.L.M. Diniz). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 2 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CPDC, DZUP, HCJG, INPA, MCZC, MZSP, USNM.