Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Valle de Cauca, Represa Calima below dam, canyon bottom at 1200 m., 21.iii.1967 (R. Root & W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ICNB, LACM, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP, USNM, WEMC.