Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1968b: 395). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina (L. Hetschko). Primary type depository: NHMW.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMW.
Type notes:
Original description also mentions syntype males (number not stated), and 1 syntype queen.