Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, “Burithaka” (A. Forel) (by restriction of De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 435). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntypes of this taxon from Brazil: Pará (Göldi) were excluded as not conspecific with the Colombia syntypes, by De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 435.