Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Oman: Qarn al-Alam, 31.v.1989 (M.D. Gallagher). Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in OMHN if Gallagher material has been retained there).
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in OMHN if Gallagher material has been retained there).