Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype males (number not stated). Type-locality: Brazil: St Paul (= São Paulo). Type-depository: unknown (not in BMNH, OXUM, LSLC, or MVMA; presumed lost).
Type notes:
Shuckard recorded the syntypes as “in the collection of Capt. King R.N. and Mr Curtis”.
Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)8:173-188 [pagination of separate: 511-526].