Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Saudi Arabia: Wadi Hanaq, 22°49’N, 39°22’E, 31.i.1985 (
W. Büttiker). Type-depository: unknown (possibly in
WMLC, possibly in
NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype queen. Paratype-locality: paratype workers with same data as holotype, paratype workers Saudi Arabia: Abu Arish, 2.iv.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), paratype workers Yemen: Wadi Surdud, 29.xii.1991 (
A. van Harten). Paratype-depository: unknown (possibly in
WMLC, possibly in
NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).