Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ecuador: Pichincha, La Unión del Rio Toachi, 15.vii.2005, #21156, and #21179 (W. & E. Mackay). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 1 paratype male. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, IAVH, MZSP, PUCE, USNM, WEMC.