Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh (34°11’N, 77°35’E), 3450 m., 21.viii.1978, no. 3094 (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: BMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 163 paratype workers, 5 paratype queens, 2 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 6 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 3090, 6 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen India: Kashmir, Pahalgam, 2190 m., 27.vii.1978, no. 3003 (P.S. Ward), 100 paratype workers, 2 paratype males Kashmir, Lidderwat, 2700 m., 30.vii.1978, nos 3015, 3018c, 3023, 3029 (P.S. Ward), 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen Kashmir, Kulan, 2100 m., 8.viii.1978, nos 3050-10, 3050-12 (P.S. Ward), 29 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Kashmir, Ladakh, Panikhar, Suru R., 17.viii.1978, nos 3077, 3078 (P.S. Ward), 4 paratype workers Kashmir, Sonamarg, 2700 m., no. 3102 (P.S. Ward), 3 paratype workers India: Himachal Pradesh, vic. Theong, 25 km. E Shimla, 2400 m., 29.ix.1996, no. 394 (A. Schulz & K. Vock), 3 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens Himachal Pradesh, Kullu Valley, 5-7 km. SW Rothang La Pass, 2500-2900 m., 1.x.1996, no. 432 (A. Schulz & K. Vock), 8 paratype workers Pakistan: Chitral Valley, between Dir and Lawari Pass, 2400 m., 11.viii.1994 (S. Dakatra). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MMCR, MSNM, NHMB, OXUM, PCAS, PSWC, SIZK.