Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 130). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: North Carolina, Faisons, 1899 (A. Forel). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: USNM.
Type notes:
Other original syntype workers, and queens and males, in MCZC, MHNG, not mentioned by Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 130.