Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Mexico: Nuevo Leon, Guajuco (Palmer) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 52; no lectotype designated), Panama: Volcan de Chiriqui, 2500-4000 ft (Champion), Panama: Bugaba (Champion). Primary type depository: MHNG (perhaps also BMNH).