Primary type information:
Primary type material: 10 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen, 12 syntype males. Primary type localities: 3 workers, 1 queen, 12 males India: Nubra Valley, 3000 m., 14-18.vii.1930 (
J.A. Sillem), 6 workers India: Nubra Valley, 3700 m., 7-26.vi.1929 (
J.A. Sillem), 1 worker India: Tehrong Valley, nr Siachen glacier, 4125 m., 20-26.v.1929 (
J.A. Sillem). Primary type depository:
NCBA.
Type notes:
Seifert & Schultz, 2009a: 81, cite 3 worker, 1 queen, 1 male syntypes from the Nubra Valley, 14-18.vii.1930 series, one worker of which was labelled as holotype; but no holotype was designated in the original description.