Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Peru: 28 mi. E Olmos, Lambayeque, 2000 m., 19.i.1955 (E.J. Schlinger & E.S. Ross). Type-depository: CASC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: MCZC.
Type notes:Mackay & Mackay, 2008b: 306, report that the paratype could not be found in MCZC.