Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: North Carolina, Little Switzerland (3400 ft), nr Spruce Pines (
W.S. Creighton). Primary type depository:
AMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, "a series"). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories:
AMNH,
LACM,
MCZC.