Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of
Seifert, 2012b: 101). Primary type locality: lectotype Tunisia: Kairouan, iv.1906 (
F. Santschi). Primary type depository:
NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 8 paralectotype (?) workers, 1 paralectotype queen, 2 paralectotype (?) males. Secondary type locality: paralectotype with same data as holotype, putative paralectotypes with same data as holotype but 1906, or vii.1906. Secondary type depositories:
MHNG,
NHMB.
Type notes:
1)
Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, cites 15 worker, 4 queen, 4 male syntypes in
NHMB. 2)
Shattuck, 1994: 36, cites 16 worker, 4 queen, 4 male syntypes (1 worker in
MHNG, 15 workers, 4 queens, 4 males in
NHMB). 3)
Seifert, 2012b: 101, does not make clear if the 8 workers and 2 males he cited are actually paralectotypes as the only collection date noted in the original description is iv.1906.