Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1993b: 45). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Amazonas, Villa Nova (E.A. Göldi). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 73, cites 1 worker syntype (gaster missing) in NHMB.