Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1964d: 37). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: São Paulo, Ypiranga, 1909 (H. Lüderwaldt). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 13 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: DZSP, MHNG, MZSP.