Type notes:
Material included: Egypt: Suez desert (E. Bugnion), Egypt: Wadi Digla, 22.iv.1916, 13.iii.1927 (no collector’s name), Egypt: Suez Road, 7th Tower, 30.iv.1914 (no collector’s name), Suez Road, 6th Tower, 20.iv.1914, 8.xi.1912 (no collector’s name), Egypt: Mahatta Maskara, 25.iii.1924 (no collector’s name) (sent by Alfieri); major and minor workers, males, deposited in NHMB (no type status).
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1939d: 78.
Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1995b: 103.