Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Kempf, 1951: 58). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Bahia, Uruçuca, 1947, no. 566 (
P. Silva). Primary type depository:
MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 18 paralectotype workers, 11 paralectotype queens, 2 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
MZSP.
Type notes:
The two males cited as being in
MZSP by
Prado & Brandão, 2013: 289, were not found by
Ulysséa et al., 2025: 13.