Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso, Coxipo (F. Silvestri) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 58). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Paraguay: Aregua (F. Silvestri), Argentina: Formosa (F. Silvestri).