Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Kempf, 1951: 203). Primary type locality: lectotype Colombia: Santa Marta (
A. Forel). Primary type depository:
MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 14 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
MHNG,
NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Other original syntype localities (workers): Colombia: Sabanilla, Cienaga, Calabasso, and Ouriheka (
A. Forel and
F. Santschi); which localities by which collector is not explained. 2)
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 267, say the lectotype could not be found in
MHNG.