Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Morocco: Higher Atlas, Oukaimeden, 2450 m., 12.v.1983 (X. Espadaler). Primary type depository: XEPC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 46 paratype workers, 18 paratype queens, 4 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, MNHN, XEPC.