Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
DuBois, 1998b: 265). Primary type locality: lectotype Russia: Caucasus, Krasnaya Polyana, viii.1933 (
K.V. Arnol’di). Primary type depository:
ZMUM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 11 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
ZMUM.
Type notes:
1) Lectotype designation probably redundant as
Arnol'di, 1975 states “holotype worker”. 2) Other original syntypes: workers, queens (numbers not stated, “a large series”) Russia: Krasnodar Krai (
K.V. Arnol’di), workers (number not stated) Georgia: Dmanisi and Tsagveri (
T.I. Zhizhilashvili).