Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Da Silva et al., 2022: 116). Primary type locality: lectotype Virgin Is: St Thomas I. (
Eggers). Primary type specimen: ANTWEB
CASENT0904936. Primary type depository:
MCSN.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories:
MCSN,
MZSP,
NHMW,
ZMHB. Secondary type specimens: MZSP78535, NHMW-HYM4953, NHMW-HYM4954, GBIF-D/FoCol 2160.
Type notes:
1) Original description also includes syntype queens (number not stated). 2)
Da Silva et al., 2022: 116, mistakenly list the type locality as Brazil: St. Thomas, whereas the original description lists it as "Isola de S. Tomasso" (= Virgin Is (St Thomas I.)). 3)
Bolton, 2000: 184, also cites original syntypes in
USNM.