Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2000a: 541). Primary type locality: lectotype Finland: Helsinki (W. Nylander). Primary type depository: ZMHF.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers, 3 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: ZMHF.
Type notes:
1) Original type data: syntype workers, queens, males (numbers not stated), Finland (W. Nylander), and Russia: Karelia (W. Nylander). 2) Radchenko, 2007: 36, says that the lectotype and paralectotypes were missing (in 2007) from Nylander’s collection.