Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1993b: 60). Primary type locality: Brazil: Pará, Belém (A. Schulz) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 119). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
1) Other original syntype locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso (P. Germain). 2) MacKay, 1993b: 60, does not specify the lectotype locality.