Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (separate collections by
Schupp,
Heyer,
von Ihering and
Dutra) (invalid restriction of type locality by
Kempf, 1972b: 71; no lectotype designated), Argentina: Entre Rios (
F. Silvestri). Primary type depository:
MSNG (perhaps also
NHMM).