Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of 
MacKay, 1993b: 88). Primary type locality: either lectotype Brazil: Pará (
Hagemann) (invalid restriction of type locality by 
Kempf, 1972b: 119; no lectotype designated), or lectotype Venezuela: Porto Cabello (
A. Forel). Type depositories: 
MCZC, 
MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: Brazil: Pará (
Hagemann) (invalid restriction of type locality by 
Kempf, 1972b: 119; no lectotype designated), and/or Venezuela: Porto Cabello (
A. Forel). Type depositories: 
MCZC, 
MHNG.
Type notes:
1) 
MacKay, 1993b: 88, does not specify the locality of origin or the depository of the lectotype. 2) 
Shattuck, 1994: 62, cites lectotype + 5 paralectotype workers in 
MCZC, 
MHNG.