Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Iraq: Kurdistan, Prov. Erbil, Shaqlava, 16.iv.1961 (A. Riedel). Primary type depository: MIZW. Primary type specimen: CASENT0917220.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MIZW.