Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Algeria: Oran, Tlemcen, 27.iii.-19.iv.1889 (A. Forel), Algeria: Oran, El Ourit, 27.iii.-19.iv.1889 (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:Seifert, 2019b: 14, cites 3 major worker, 2 minor worker syntypes, from Algeria: Lambessa (MHNG); this locality is not mentioned in the original description but originates in Forel, 1909k: 375, after the designation of the replacement name; it is therefore not type-material.