Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Spain: Granada, Sierra Nevada, barranco del río Monachil, 20.iv.1979 (UTM: VG5508) (A. Tinaut). Type-depository: UGGS.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 23 paratype workers, 4 paratype males. Paratype-localities: “diverse localities of Sierra Nevada [Embalse de Quentar, Güejar Sierra], and of Sierra Elvira, Granada”. Paratype-depository: UGGS (perhaps paratype(s) also in ATPC, HCPC).