Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Iraq: Kurdistan, Prov. Erbil, Shaqlava, 18.v.1961, no. 2874 (A. Riedel). Primary type depository: MIZW.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 34 paratype major and minor workers. Secondary type localities: 31 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers Iraq: Salahuddin, nr Shaqlava, 10.viii.1968, no. 68/288 (P. Starý). Secondary type depository: MIZW.