Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Afghanistan: O-Afghanistan, Walang, 2520 m., Salangtal, Hindukusch, 29.ix.1952 (J. Klapperich). Primary type depository: HNHM.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 35 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: HNHM, MIZW, NHMW, PCAS.