Primary type information:
Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen. Type-localities: queen Brazil: Ega (= Tefé), 1855, “Ega 56/69” (H.W. Bates), and worker Brazil: Villa Nova, 1855 (H.W. Bates). Type-depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
The syntype worker was not found in BMNH and is presumed lost.