Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ward, 1993: 144). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 221). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, MSNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype locality: Costa Rica: Jiménez, 1889 (A. Alfaro).