Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: Jalisco, Est. Biología Chamela, 100 m, 19° 30′ N 105° 02′ W, ex dead twig of thorny vine, tropical dry forest, 18.xii.1987, PSW09248 (P. S. Ward). Primary type depository: UNAM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0863535.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, CZUG, IEXA, MCZC, PSWC, UCDC, USNM.