Type notes:
Material included: Tunisia: Aïn Draham, v.1913 (F. Santschi & H. Normand), Algeria: Algiers (C. El Mrabet); workers, queens, deposited in NHMB (no type status).
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1924f: 252.
Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1995b: 240.