Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino, 1989b: 6). Primary type locality: lectotype Paraguay: San Bernardino (Fiebrig) (by restriction of Kempf, 1972b: 29). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens, paralectotype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Shattuck, 1994: 11, cites 16 worker, 6 queen, 5 male paralectotypes. (ii) other original syntype locality: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering), excluded from type series by Longino, 1989b: 7.