Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Guatemala: (no further data) (Champion) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 50). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Costa Rica: (no further data) (Tonduz), Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (A. Forel).