Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of DuBois, 1998b: 237). Primary type locality: lectotype Italy: Sardinia, Aritzo, xi.1911 (D. Dodero). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes:
The syntype queen discussed by Emery could not be found by DuBois, 1998b: 238, but Rigato, 2011: 11, records paralectotypes as 3 workers, 1 queen.