Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko, 1997c: 706). Primary type locality: lectotype Turkey: Erbeyll, 14.vi.1947 (C. Kosswig). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimens: CASENT0903594, CASENT0903595.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
The species was described but the name of the species was not printed by Donisthorpe, 1950b: 61; in this publication Donisthorpe cites “two soldiers and two workers”.