Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (no collector’s name) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 12). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Brazil: Santa Catarina (no collector’s name), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (no collector’s name), Paraguay: (no further data), Bolivia: (no further data).