Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Hidalgo County, Peloncillo Mts, Coronado Nat. Forest, 31°30’58’’N, 109°00’04’’W, 21.iii.1998, #17975 (
Mackay family). Type-depository: 
MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 169 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Paratype-localities: 115 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 54 paratype workers, Cloverdale Creek, 31°26’25’’N, 108°58’29’’W, 1491 m., 19.iii.1998, #17925 (
Mackay family). Paratype-depositories: 
AMNH, 
CASC, 
EMAU, 
FMNH, 
LACM, 
MCZC, 
MHNG, 
MSNG, 
MZSP, 
UNAM, 
USNM, 
WEMC.