Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Brandão, 1990b: 453). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Alto da Serra (
E.A. Goeldi). Primary type depository:
MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories:
MHNG,
NHMB.
Type notes:
Brandão, 1990b: 453, points out that the type-locality (Alto da Serra) is in São Paulo state, not Rio de Janeiro as originally stated.