Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 325). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: (no further data) (J. Trail), “Nord-Brasilien in der Umgegend des Amazonenstromes”. Primary type depository: NHMW.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMW.
Type notes:Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 also designate 3 paralectotype males (in MHNG), but these specimens are from Argentina, not Brazil; males are not mentioned in the original type-series, nor is Argentina.