Primary type information:
Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of
Sharaf et al., 2018: 50). Primary type locality: neotype Saudi Arabia: Abha, Alswdah, 18.274167°N, 42.364444°E, 2982 m., 24.iv.2011 (M.R. Sharaf). Primary type depository:
KSMA. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0906357 (neotype).
Type notes:
Original (1985) data: type material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated); type locality: holotype, paratypes Saudi Arabia: Wadi Shugub, 7.iv.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood); paratypes Bishah, 8.iv.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood); type depository not known; types lost, not in
NHMB (the stated depository), nor in
WMLC (the depository of the Collingwood collection) (
Bolton, 2007b: 37).