Melophorus sauberi Forel, 1903e: 266 (w.) CHILE. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Chile: Tierra del Fuego, Punta Arenas (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: Forel, 1903e: 267, gives “Musée de Hambourg” as depository; these specimens may have been destroyed in World War II.