Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Alajuela, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Esperanza, 800 m., 10°19’N, 84°43’W, 29.ix.1989, wet forest ex Cecropia insignis (B.L. Fisher). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, WEMC.