Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Don Diego (A. Forel). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 79, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 19, cites 89 worker syntypes (3 in MCZC, 81 in MHNG, 2 in NHMB).