Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Sichuan Prov., Maoxian, 40 km. N Winchuan, 1800 m., 23.viii.2002 (S. Murzin & I. Shokhin). Primary type depository: ZISP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: >100 paratype workers, 17 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: GNUC, OXUM, SIZK, ZISP.