Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2005: 3). Primary type locality: lectotype Belgium: Hockay, nr Spa (J. Bondroit). Primary type depository: ISNB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 15 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same data as lectotype (one dated 18.viii.1910). Secondary type depositories: ISNB, MSNG.
Type notes:
Original description also cites queens and males (numbers not stated). Lectotype labelled by Radchenko & Elmes, 2000; this designation was not published. Lectotype designation reiterated by Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 186, with 15 paralectotype workers cited.