Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1951: 95). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina (Hetschko?). Primary type depository: NHMW.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMW.
Type notes:
1) The queen(s) from the original type-series were excluded by Kempf, 1951: 97, as misidentifications. 2) Kempf, 1951: 98, remarks that two workers in USNM, without data, may also be from the original type-series.