Primary type information:
Primary type material: 7 syntype major and minor workers. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Lagunitas, 23.vi.1913 (E.O. Essig?). Primary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.
Type notes:Snelling, 2000: 601, mentions a queen as type material, but this caste was not included in the original description.