Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Israel (“Palestine”): Jaffa (= Tel Aviv-Yafo) (Abeille de Perrin). Primary type depository: MNHN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0915411.
Type notes:Sharaf et al., 2021: 12, mention a lectotype worker, but no lectotype designation has been found.
[Also described as new by André, 1881c: 67 (date of publication 22.vii.1881).]