Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Turkmenistan: Kara-Kala, western Kopetdag, river Sumbar area, 30.vi.1984, no. 29 (S. Zabelin). Type depositories: ZISP, ZMUM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: “many workers collected by S. Zabelin, 1979-1985, in Syunt-Khazardag reserve (Kara-Kala, Aidere, Tersakan)”. Type depositories: ZISP, ZMUM.