Primary type information:
Primary type material: 117 syntype worker, 2 syntype queens, 3 syntype males. Primary type localities: 28 workers, 1 queen Morocco: Middle Atlas, 22 km. S Azrou “as the bird flies”, around Aïn Khala Maison Forestière, 20.v.1982 (
H. Cagniant), 20 workers Morocco: Middle Atlas, nr Ifrane, 16.v.1982 (
H. Cagniant), 5 workers Middle Atlas, foot of Djebel Hebri, 1920 m., 19.v.1982 (
H. Cagniant), 64 workers, 1 queen Middle Atlas, nr Ifrane, 19.v.1984 (
H. Cagniant), 3 males eclosed vii.1984 from colony vic. Ifrane, 19.v.1984 (
X. Espadaler). Primary type depositories:
HCPC,
MNHN (perhaps also
XEPC).
Type notes:
25 workers, 1 queen are referred to as syntypes, while 25 workers are referred to as paratypes, 64 workers, 1 queen are referred to as ‘plesiotypes’, and 3 males are called ‘androplesiotypes’, but no holotype is designated. All specimens are regarded as syntypes here.