Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1993b: 56). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Pará (E.A. Göldi). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 13 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB, OXUM (probably also MPEG).
Type notes:
1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 73, cites 5 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) MacKay, 1993b: 56, also includes 3 paralectotype queens, but this caste was not mentioned in the original description. 3) Shattuck, 1994: 52, cites 8 worker, 3 queen syntypes (3w MCZC, 5w, 3q MHNG).