Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino, 1991a: 1592). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Pará, Mexiana I. (Hagmann). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Earlier Longino, 1989b: 8, designated a lectotype queen, but this caste is not mentioned in the original description. 2) Other original syntype locality: Brazil: Pará, Obidos (A. Göldi), material excluded from type series by Longino, 1989b: 8. 3) Obidos was earlier restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972b: 29.