Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Fayfa wooded valley, 27.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository: NHMB (probably also WMLC).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB (probably also WMLC).