Primary type information:
Primary type material: 21 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 20 workers Turkey (“Syria”): Alexandretta (= Hatay Prov., Iskenderun) (
Geade), 1 worker Caucasus (no further data) (
W. Karawayew). Primary type depository:
NHMB.
Type notes:
The Caucasus locality is probably Georgia (Tbilisi), as cited in
Santschi, 1927d: 228.