Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: San Antonio, 1000 m. (A. Forel) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 36). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Shattuck, 1994: 29, cites 34 worker, 2 queen syntypes. 2) Other original syntype locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada (A. Forel).