Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Wilson, 2003a: 289). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: ‘Sitio Suisso’ at Mogi das Crozes, ca 1 hour N São Paulo City, 1926 (K. Escherich). Primary type depository: IEUB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: IEUB (and perhaps NHMB).
Type notes:
Original description cites syntype major workers, syntype minor workers (numbers not stated).