Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 2 syntype queens, syntype males (number not stated). Primary type locality: workers, males Ecuador: Galapagos Is, James I. (= Santiago I.), 1905-06 (F.X. Williams) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 167). Primary type depositories: CASC, MCZC.
Type notes:
Other original syntype locality: 2 queens Galapagos Is, Chatham I. (= San Cristóbal I.), 1905-06 (F.X. Williams).