Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Type localities: Saudi Arabia: Abu Arish, nr Jizan, 25.iii.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Fayfa, 27-28.iii.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), vic. Fayfa resthouse, 30.iii..1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Abu Arish, vic. resthouse, 3.iv.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Khamis al Bhar, 4.iv.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository:
WMLC. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0922313.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Type localities: Saudi Arabia: Abu Arish, nr Jizan, 25.iii.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Fayfa, 27-28.iii.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), vic. Fayfa resthouse, 30.iii..1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Abu Arish, vic. resthouse, 3.iv.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood), Saudi Arabia: Khamis al Bhar, 4.iv.1983 (
C.A. Collingwood). Secondary type depository:
NHMB. Secondary type specimen:
CASENT0911619.
Type notes:
1)
Collingwood, 1985 does not give a locality or specific data that isolates the holotype. 2) In this publication much type-material was referred to
NHMB but was apparently never deposited there. 3) The possible holotype was detected by
Sharaf et al., 2022: 13 in
WMLC.