Primary type information:
Primary type material: 9 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 6 workers China: Tibet, Qinghai, Xining, 36.34°N, 101.53°E, 18.vii.1990 (A. Gebauer), 3 workers Tibet, Qinghai, Chaka, 36.49°N, 99.16°E, 13.vi.1990 (A. Gebauer). Primary type depository: SMNG.
Type notes:
Type material modified to holotype + 8 paratype workers by Seifert, 2020a: 55, with holotype from the Xining series.