Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Brazil: Ega (= Tefé), 58/6 (Bates). Type-depository: NHMB or NHRS.
Type notes:
In the original description Smith mentions that the ant was accompanied by a beetle (“a species of Cylistes”) but at some time in the past the card on which they were both mounted has been divided, and the beetle removed.