Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1993b: 63). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Pará, Belém (de Mathan) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 98). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens, paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Brazil: Pará, Belém (A. Schulz), Bolivia: Coroico Canton and Chilumani-Yungas, 1891 (L. Balzan).