Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau, 12.x.1921 (M. Witte). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 122 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 115 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 7 paratype workers Brazil; Goiás, Anápolis, Franciscan Seminary, 12.ii.1958 (W.W. Kempf). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP, NHMB, USNM.