Primary type information:
Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santarem, 54/63 (H.W. Bates). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900581 (BMNH(E) 1013975).
Type notes:
BMNH Accessions Register adds, “1854 no. 63 (Oct. 11) Brazil (Santarem on the Amazon). Purchased from Stevens. Collected by Mr Bates, Alta de Chai near Santarem.”
[Misspelled as hushirsutiusculus by Zhou, 2001a: 27.]