Primary type information:
Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Radchenko, 1994f: 78). Primary type locality: neotype Georgia: Borzhomi, 1700 m., 20.viii.1927, no. 5012 (K. Arnoldi). Primary type depository: ZMUM (neotype).
Type notes:
Original type data: holotype worker, 4 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 4 paratype males, Georgia (“Kavkaz”): vic. Bakuriana, 1500-1700 m., 4.ix.1927 (K. Arnol’di) (material lost (Radchenko, 1994f: 78)).