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:
1) 2 worker syntypes in BMNH confirmed. 2) BMNH accessions register gives, “1854 no. 63 (Oct. 11) Brazil (Santarem on the Amazon). Purchased from Stevens. Collected by Mr Bates, Alta de Chai near Santarem” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
[Misspelled as hushirsutiusculus by Zhou, 2001a: 27.]