Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Yemen: Sid el Feyhn, 10.vi.1992 (A. van Harten). Primary type depository: stated as NHMB but probably in WMLC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype queen, 2 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: stated as NHMB but probably in WMLC.