Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 393). Type-locality: lectotype Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, San Antonio (A. Forel). Type-depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: MHNG.
Type notes:MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 393, report specimens in MHNG labelled as syntypes from two localities in Costa Rica, and one in Colombia: Rio Frio. These were not recorded by Forel in the original description and are not type-material.