Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Heredia, La Selva Field Station and Biological Reserve, nr Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, 10°26’N, 84°00’W, 25.iii.1985 (B. Hölldobler). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype major workers, paratype minor workers (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC.