Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of
Seifert, 2012b: 97). Primary type locality: lectotype Algeria: Oran, Franchetti, 27.iii.-19.iv.1893 (
A. Forel). Primary type depository:
MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 17 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: 8 paralectotype workers with same data. Secondary type depositories:
HNHM,
MHNG,
NHMB,
USNM.
Type notes:
1)
Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, cites 2 worker, 1 queen syntypes in
NHMB. 2)
Shattuck, 1994: 31, cites 22 worker, 3 queen syntypes (18 workers, 2 queens in
MHNG, 2 workers, 1 queen in
NHMB, 2 workers in
USNM). 3) Other original syntype locality: 9 paralectotypes Algeria: Oran, Tlemcen, 27.iii.-19.iv.1893 (
A. Forel).