Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Kempf, 1964d: 39). Primary type locality: lectotype Argentina: Salta, Reserva Nac. Estancia El Rey, valle Soco Hondo, 17.ii.1953, nos 8476, 8790, 8849 (N. Kusnezov). Primary type depository: MZSP (perhaps also IMLT).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype queens, 10 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MZSP (perhaps also in IMLT).
Type notes:
1) Original syntype series: 1 worker (collected separately), 8 queens, 107 males. 2) Kempf, 1964d: 39, points out that most of the type series is now lost.