Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 81). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (H. von Jhering) (by restriction of Wild, 2007a: 81). Primary type depository: USNM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: USNM (other paralectotypes probably also in MHNG (Shattuck, 1994: 126), MSNG).
Type notes:
Other original syntype locality: workers and a queen from Brazil: Santa Catarina (Schmalz).