Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, nr Juquitiba on São Paulo-Curitiba Highway, 1.x.1961 (W.W. Kempf). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 21 paratype major workers, 31 paratype minor workers. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype major workers, 8 paratype minor workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype major worker, 2 paratype minor workers with same data as holotype but 8.viii.1960, 17 paratype major workers, 21 paratype minor workers nr São Paulo City, Serra da Cantareira, 20.viii.1958 (K. Lenko). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP.