Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 393). Primary type locality: Costa Rica: (no further data in original description). Primary type depository:
MSNG. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0903887 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
MSNG.
Type notes:
1) In the original description
Emery, 1890b also mentions a queen. 2) Type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: Alajuela, Juan Viñas, 1889 (
A. Alfaro) (data from
Emery, 1890c: 42, repeated in
MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 393); paralectotypes with same data. 3)
MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 393, cite a lectotype worker but the specimen labelled lectotype (
CASENT0903887) in
MSNG is a dealate queen, confirmed by
Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 31.