Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, x.1953, iv.1954, ix.1955 (F. Plaumann). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP.
Type notes:Borgmeier, 1957a does not indicate which of the three dates refers to the holotype.