Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Seifert, 2012b: 102). Primary type locality: lectotype Tunisia: Dir el Kef, v.1913 (F. Santschi). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 18 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB.
Type notes:Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, and Shattuck, 1994: 33, cite 29 worker, 1 queen syntypes in NHMB.