Melophorus sauberi Forel, 1903e: 266 (w.) CHILE. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Chile: Tierra del Fuego, Punta Arenas (W. Michaelsen). Primary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: 1) Forel, 1904i: 5, adds the data “Mich. 75, ix.1892, and Mich. 80, 25.ii.1893”. 2) Forel, 1903e: 267, gives “Musée de Hambourg” as depository; these specimens were probably destroyed in World War II.