Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype male (by designation of
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 260). Primary type locality: lectotype France: Pyrénées Centrales, Cirque d’ Espingo, between 1850-2000 m., viii.1929 (
H.G. de Kerville). Primary type depository:
NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen, 2 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository:
NHMB.
Type notes:
1)
Seifert, 1988b: 27, cites 13 worker, 2 queen, 1 male syntypes. 2)
Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 260, say that data on the lectotype labels are difficult to interpret but appear to be: M. Espigno, Val d’Oueu, Ht. Garon, 1200 m., 20.viii.1929 (
H.G. de Kerville).