Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Wadi Abha, 18°12’59’’N, 42°30’19’’E, 2261 m., 18.iii.2004 (M.R. Sharaf). Primary type depository: EESC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH, MACG, NHMB, OXUM, SMNK.