Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ward, 1989a: 422). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santarem (H.W. Bates). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:Ward, 1989a: 423, nominates Santarém as lectotype locality, and points out that the apparent type series contained more than one species.