Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Feitosa & Brandão, 2008: 34). Type-locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia, iv.1954 (F. Plaumann). Type-depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 8 paralectotype workers, 3 paralectotype queens. Paratype-locality: 2 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen with same data as lectotype, 2 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, i.1956 (Barth), 4 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, xi.1954 (F. Plaumann). Paratype-depositories: MCZC, MZSP, USNM.