Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia.: U.S. Plant Quarantine, no. EQA 432835. Lot No. 37-23832, Colombia, 10.i.1937, on orchid pseudobulb (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.