Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 249). Primary type locality: lectotype China: Tibet, River Ba-chyu, basin River Goluboi (= Yangtze), Kam, 12000’, 2-3.viii.1900 (P.K. Kozlov). Primary type depository: ZMUM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 14 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: ZISP, ZMUM.