Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (A. Möller) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 15; no lectotype designated), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (H. Nägeli), Brazil: Ceará (Diaz da Rocha). Primary type depository: MHNG.