Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, São Francisco de Paula, Araucaria forest reserve Pró-Mata (29°30’S, 50°10’W), 3.iv.1997, leaf litter (J. Ketterl). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker, 2 paratype queens Brazil: São Paulo, Pico de Macela (23°08’S, 44°48’W), 21-22.iv.2001 (A.A. Tavares & R.R. Silva). Secondary type depositories: LPBP, MZSP, SMNK.