Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Heredia, Est. El Ceibo, P.N. Braulio Carrillo, 400-600 m., ii.1990 (C. Chaves). Primary type depository: INBC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: INBC, WEMC.