Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Minas Gerais, Viçosa, 700 m., 12.ii.993, no.77 (A. Mayhé-Nunes). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens, 2 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype queen, 1 paratype male with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen, 1 paratype male with same data as holotype but no. 78, 5 paratype workers Brazil: Santa Catarina (no collector’s name). Secondary type depositories: MZSP, NHMW.