Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Narancho (A. Forel) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 39). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 488, cite 24 worker, 1 male syntypes. 2) Other original syntype localities: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Rio Frio (A. Forel), 1 worker Brazil: Bahia (A. Müller).