Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of DuBois, 1998b: 265). Primary type locality: Russia: “E Rossia meridionali” (V. Motschulski). Primary type depository: ZMHF.
Type notes:
Doubts are expressed about the validity of the lectotype designation, and the identity of the type material, by Radchenko, 2007: 28.