Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino & Cover, 2004: 10). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: Alajuela, 1889 (A. Alfaro). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type localities: paralectotypes: with same data, Costa Rica: Jimenez, 1889 (A. Alfaro). Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
The original syntype males were misidentified as conspecific; they are now determined as Aphaenogaster araneoides and excluded from the type-series (Longino & Cover, 2004: 10).