Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of 
Smith, 1954d: 140). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: North Carolina, foot of Mt Mitchell, Tyson’s Farm, 3400 ft, 21.vii.1899 (
A. Forel). Primary type depository: 
MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens, paralectotype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: 
MHNG, 
NHMB, 
USNM (perhaps also 
NHML).
Type notes:
Weber, 1948a: 299, says “specimens in the Wheeler collection (
MCZC) were labelled cotypes”.