Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A: North Carolina, Morganton (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:Trager, 1988a: 25, designated a lectotype worker + 1 paralectotype worker (also cited in Shattuck, 1994: 82) with the data: U.S.A.: North Carolina, Duplin County, Faison, 1921 (A. Forel); this does not match the original syntype data and the specimens are not part of the type series.