Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1951: 58). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Bahia, Uruçuca, 1947, no. 566 (P. Silva). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 18 paralectotype workers, 11 paralectotype queens, 2 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MZSP.
Type notes:
The males were not located at the MZSP Collection.