Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Colombia: Valle, Mun. Cali, Pance, 1700 m., 16.vi.1971, montane rainforest (
W.L. Brown & S. Chaplin). Type-depository: 
MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 44 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: 
CASC, 
IAVH, 
LACM, 
MCZC, 
MIZA, 
NHMB, 
USNM, 
WEMC.