Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1996: 162). Type-locality: Brazil: Amazonas (Staudinger). Type-depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype queen. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype.
Type notes:
Other original syntype series, Bolivia: Misiones de Mosetenes, Rio Beni, is confirmed by MacKay, 1996: 162, in MSNG.