Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Cuba: Santiago de Cuba Prov., Sierra Maestra, Subida a la Nigua, 20.v.1995 (A. Pérez). Type-depository: MNHC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 12 paratype workers. Paratype-localities: 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 4 paratype workers Sierra Maestra, Rio Peladeros, 25.vii. (A.G. Debras). Paratype-depository: MNHC.