Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Turkmenistan: central Kopet-Dag, upper Shakh-Shakh plateau (2500 m.), nr Riza-Dag and Chapan-Dag Peaks, 15.viii.1935, no. 6565 (L.V. Arnol’di). Primary type depository: ZISP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 29 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: paratypes with same data as holotype, and no. 6568. Secondary type depositories: ZISP, ZMUM