Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso State, Barra do Tapirapé, 20.xi.1960 (B. Malkin). Type-depository: DZSP.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: MZSP.