Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Brazil: (no further data) (W. Swainson) (“in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope” (= OXUM)). Primary type depository: NHMUK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902651.
Type notes:Borgmeier, 1955: 573, nominated Pernambuco, Recife as type locality, but not based on type material; nomination invalid.