Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 256). Primary type locality: lectotype Nepal: NE Nepal, Tseram, 3600 m. (A. Pache). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, MSNG.
Type notes:
1) Original description also includes syntype queens and males (numbers not stated). 2) Radchenko & Elmes, 2009a: 69, cite 1 worker, 1 male paralectotypes in MSNG.