Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Serra de Cantareira Mts, nr São Paulo City, 31.i.1960, no. 3394 (W.W. Kempf & V. dos Santos). Type-depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 7 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: MCZC, MZSP.