Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 7 syntype queens. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Colorado, Canyon City (P.J. Schmitt) (by restriction of Wheeler, 1913i: 417). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: U.S.A.: Colorado, Breckenridge and West Cliff (P.J. Schmitt), Colorado, Broadmoor and Roswell, nr Colorado Springs (W.M. Wheeler), U.S.A.: New Mexico, Glorieta and Old Pecos Pueblo (T.D.A. Cockerell).