Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of
Seifert, 2012b: 101). Primary type locality: lectotype Tunisia: La Ouareb, 21.xii.1910 (
F. Santschi). Primary type depository:
NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Original description cites 18 worker, 1 queen, 1 male syntypes. 2)
Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, and
Shattuck, 1994: 32, cite only 10 worker syntypes in
NHMB.