Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Type-localities: Switzerland: northern Switzerland (“Habitat in Helvetia Boreali”) (W.E. Leach), France: Risso, nr Nice (W.E. Leach). Type-depository: unknown (in BMNH, according to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 151).