Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 352). Type-locality: Costa Rica: Vara Blanca, 2000 m., between Barba Volcano and Poas (H. Schmidt). Type-depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depositories: IEUB, DEIM.
Type notes:
Several other syntype workers exist, perhaps best regarded as paralectotypes as all specimens were originally from a single series.