Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Colombia: Serranía de Perijá, Socorda Mission, 1400 m., 14.viii.1968 (
B. Malkin). Type-depository: 
MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 11 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: 
IAVH, 
MCZC, 
MIZA.