Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Oman: Mintirib, 17.xi.1984 (
M.D. Gallagher). Primary type depository: unknown.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated), 1 paratype male. Secondary type locality: paratype workers (number not stated) with same data as holotype, paratype workers, paratype queens, 1 paratype male Oman: Bilad Bani, 20°03’N, 59°17’E (
W. Büttiker), paratype workers Oman: Mugshin Dhofar, 5.iv.1984 (
M.D. Gallagher), paratype workers Oman: Yalooni, 3.x.1984 (
M.D. Gallagher), paratype workers Oman: Wadu Ibra, 17.i.1988 (
M.D. Gallagher), paratype workers Saudi Arabia: Al-Kola, 10.iv.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood). Secondary type depository: unknown (1 paratype in
WMLC (
Sharaf et al., 2015: 54), perhaps also
ONHM if Gallagher material has been retained there).
Type notes:
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 301, say “All type material is housed in
NHMB and duplicates placed in appropriate institutes and museums of the contributing countries”; this apparently was never done.