Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Austria: top of Arlberg pass, on border of Tirol and Vorarlberg (1800 m.), 27.viii.1891 (E. Wasmann). Primary type depository: NHMM.
Type notes:
Holotype is a Mermis-infested worker, not an ergatoid queen (Radchenko & Elmes, 2003a: 239).