Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: French Guiana: Saint-Jean du Maroni (R. Benoist) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 95). Primary type depositories: MNHN, NHMB.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: French Guiana: Nouveaux chantiers (Le Moult), French Guiana: La Mana, 1864 (Melinon).