Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Oman: Ruwi, 15.ii.1985 (
R. Braund). Primary type depository:
TAUI (
Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012a: 12).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker United Arab Emirates: Suneira, 25°12’N, 55°33’E, 15.iv.1991 (
J. Gosse). Secondary type depositories: perhaps
OMNH,
TAUI,
WMLC.
Type notes:
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 301, say “All type material is housed in
NHMB and duplicates placed in appropriate institutes and museums of the contributing countries”; this apparently was never done.