Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Bahia, Itororo (ca 1 km. N Fazenda Engenho Novo), 600 m., 14°57’31’’S, 40°02’33’’W, 20.vii.2000, nest 1 (S. Lacau). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 14 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, BMNH, CPDC, LACM, MCZC, MNHN, MZSP. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0101452, CASENT0102202.