Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype queen (by designation of DuBois, 1986: 95). Type-locality: Mexico: Hidalgo, San Miguel, 1913 (W.M. Mann). Type-depository: USNM.
Type notes:DuBois, 1986: 95, counted 12 workers, 3 queens in USNM, which are assumed to have paralectotype status; original description merely says “several” workers and 4 queens.