Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of DuBois, 1998b: 265). Primary type locality: lectotype Russia: Caucasus, Krasnaya Polyana, viii.1933 (K. Arnol’di) (by restriction of DuBois, 1998b: 265). Primary type depository: ZMUM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: ZMUM.
Type notes:
Other original syntypes: workers, queens (numbers not stated, “a large series”) Russia: Krasnodar Krai (K. Arnol’di), workers (number not stated) Georgia: Dmanisi and Tsagveri (Zhizhilashvili).