Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Chile: S Patagonia (Santa Cruz Prov.), Dungeness Point, 15.x.1892, Mich. 105 (W. Michaelsen). Primary type depository: MHNG (perhaps also ZMUH).
Type notes:Shattuck, 1994: 74, cites 1 worker, 1 queen syntypes in MHNG.