Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Algeria: Oran, Tlemcen, iii.-iv.1889 (A. Forel), Algeria: Oran, El Ourit, iii.-iv.1889 (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:Seifert, 2019b: 14, cites 3 major, 2 minor workers as syntypes, from Algeria: Lambessa (MHNG); this locality is not mentioned in the original description but originates in Forel, 1909k: 375, after the designation of the replacement name.