Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: U.S.A.: California, Tehama County, Red Bluff, Samson Slough, 29.iv.1984, 9.v.1984 (D.S. Chandler). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 2 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: UNHD, WEMC.
Type notes:Ward, 2005: 19, records that the holotype was destroyed in transit to MCZC, and also that the UNHD paratype specimen is not present in its collection.