Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Valle, road to El Carmen, 1 km. S of Cali-Buenaventura road exit, 1500 m., 28.ix.1975 (J. Lattke). Primary type depository: MIZA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated), 2 paratype ergatoid queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, FSCG, LACM, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP.