Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brandão, 1990b: 424). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Colonia Alpina, nr Rio de Janeiro and Palmeiras (E.A. Goeldi). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG, NHMB, MZSP.
Type notes:
Colônia Alpina[= Teresópolis, RJ, Brazil (see Kempf, 1972: 203)].