Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Chocó, 800 m., 10 km. SW San José del Palmar, Rio Torito, 1-4.vi.1978 (C. Kugler). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 13 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, ICNB, LACM, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP.