Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: U.S.A.: District of Columbia , 13.iv.1886 (T. Pergande) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1913i: 555; no lectotype designated), U.S.A.: Virginia (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:Trager et al., 2007: 621, cite 5 worker syntypes in MSNG.