Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Ningxia Prov., [locality data in Chinese only], 2220 m., 19.vi.1999, no. 99-161 [collector’s name in Chinese only]. Primary type depository: GNUC. Primary type specimen: NXU 99-161.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but no. 99-255 [collector’s name in Chinese only]. Secondary type depository: unknown (perhaps GNUC).