Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Al Bahah, Mukhwah Aqaba RD, 19.iv.2012, 1300 m., 20.0000°N, 41.43758°E (M.R. Sharaf). Primary type depository: KSMA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 21 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, KSMA, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB, UKLK, WMLC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0280972, CASENT0911127.