Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype worker-queen intercastes, syntype queens (numbers not stated), 1 syntype ergatoid male. Primary type localities: workers, intercastes, queens, male Tunisia: Kairouan (
F. Santschi), 1 worker Algeria: Biskra (
Noualhier), 1 worker Israel (“Syrien”): Haifa (“Kaifa”) (
Reitter). Primary type depositories:
BMNH,
MSNG,
NHMB.
Type notes:
Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 137, cites 3 worker syntypes in
NHMB.