Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1993b: 58). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Mato Grosso (P. Germain). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:MacKay, 1993b: 58, also comments that there is 1 specimen labelled as a syntype in BMNH.