Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2005: 3). Primary type locality: lectotype Italy: Schluderbach (A. Forel). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Original description cites 57 workers, 1 queen as syntypes. 2) Lectotype labelled by Radchenko & Elmes, 2000; this designation was not published. Lectotype designation reiterated by Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 187, with 5 paralectotype workers cited.