Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Argentina: Mendoza, Uspallata, 3000 m., i.1866 (P. Strobel) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 25; no lectotype designated), Argentina: between Mendoza and Santa Rosa de los Andes, i.1866 (P. Strobel). Primary type depositories: BMNH, NHMW.
Type notes:
BMNH specimen is incorrectly labelled as holotype (Shattuck, 1994: 88).