Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso (Germain) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 64). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Brazil: Santa Catarina (no collector’s name), Bolivia: Beni, Salinas (L. Balzan).