Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, from Dibulla to Santa Marta, 17.ii.-17.iii.1896 (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Hashmi, 1973b: 24, cites 3 major, 6 minor worker syntypes in MHNG. 2) Forel’s Neotropical itinerary is outlined in Forel, 1902b: 170.