Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Tunisia: Kairouan, 1906 (F. Santschi). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 64, cites 14 worker, 4 male syntypes in NHMB. 2) Other localities mentioned by Baroni Urbani, 1977e (Gafsa, Gabes, Le Kef), are not type material.