Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling & Longino, 1992: 485). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Tepic, Santiago Ixtquintla, x.-xi.1894 (Eisen & Vaslit). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: LACM, USNM.
Type notes:
The taxon was based originally on 7 syntype workers; the remaining four could not be found by Snelling & Longino, 1992: 485, but they suspect one may be in AMNH.