Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Brazil: (no further data) (Swainson). Primary type depository: NHMUK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902651.
Type notes:Borgmeier, 1955: 573, nominated Pernambuco, Recife as type-locality.
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].