Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: District of Columbia, 13.iv.1886 (T. Pergande) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1913i: 555). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
1) Trager et al., 2007: 621, cite 5 worker syntypes. 2) Other original syntype locality: U.S.A.: Virginia (no collector’s name).