Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 260). Primary type locality: lectotype France: Monte Jura (A. Vandel). Primary type depository: ISNB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: >100 paralectotype workers, >50 paralectotype queens, >50 paralectotype males. Secondary type localities: paralectotypes with same data as lectotype, paralectotypes Belgium: Hautes-Fagnes, Germany: (no further data), France: Pyrenees, France: Corsica (E. Cordier), Switzerland: (no further data), Great Britain: (no further data) (H. Donisthorpe). Secondary type depositories: ISNB, MSNG.