Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Yemen: Lahj [13°04’N, 44°53’], ix. 2000, in Malaise trap (A. van Harten & A. Sallam). Primary type depository: WMLC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: WMLC.