Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Heredia, 16 km. SSE La Virgen, 10.26667°N, 84.08333°W±2000 m., 1100 m., 15.ii.2001, #01-RVC-015 (R. Vargas). Primary type depository: INBC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype major workers, paratype minor workers (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: paratypes: with same data as holotype, with same data as holotype but 17.xi.2000, #4361 (J. Longino). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, FMNH, INBC, LACM, MCZC, USNM.