Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (separate collections by Schupp, Heyer, von Ihering and Dutra) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 71). Primary type depository: MSNG (perhaps also NHMM).
Type notes:
Other original syntype locality: Argentina: Entre Ríos (F. Silvestri).