Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: France: Mts regions (no collector’s name), Switzerland: Mts regions (no collector’s name), Belgium: Ardennes (no collector’s name), Norway: (no further data). Primary type depository: ISNB.
Type notes:Bondroit, 1918: 48, cites the material as Belgium: in the Haute Fagnes, France: Vosges, Central Massif, Maritime Alps, Pyrenees, Norway: (O. Mohr), Switzerland.