Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Kempf, 1959a: 95). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Ega (= Tefé) (H.W. Bates). Primary type depository: OUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901459.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 231, identify other possible type-material as being in MHNG, ZSBS.