Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Panama: Volcán de Chiriqui (Champion) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 11; no lectotype designated), Guatemala: Vera Paz, Sinanja (Champion), Costa Rica: La Palma (A. Alfaro). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG.