Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Argentina: Catamarca, Filo Blanca, Aconquija volcano, 4300 m. (C. Bruch) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 366; no lectotype designated), Argentina: Catamarca, Ollada, Aconquija volcano, 4000 m. (C. Bruch). Primary type depository: MHNG.