Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Dibulla, 6.iii.1896 (A. Forel) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 93; no lectotype designated), Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Don Diego (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.