Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1951: 166). Primary type locality: lectotype Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (A. Forel) (by restriction of Kempf, 1951: 166). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype soldier, 18 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: 8 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype, 8 paralectotype workers Colombia: Dibulla (A. Forel), 1 paralectotype soldier, 2 paralectotype workers Panama: (no further data) (Christophersen). Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP, NHMB.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: Colombia: Ouriheka (A. Forel), Colombia: Bonda (A. Forel), and Colombia: Naranjo (A. Forel).