Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Kashmir, 1 km. NE Yehmer Pass, 34°13’N, 75°10’E, 3600 m., 6.viii.1978, no. 3044 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 26 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 2 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 9 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 17 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 2 paratype males Kashmir, Sanang, 2600-2700 m. (W. Wittmer). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, NHMB, OXUM, PSWC, SIZK.