Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Al Baha Prov., Aqabet Al Baha-Tihama, 20.00000°N, 41.43758°E, 1300 m., 19.iv.2012 (M.R. Sharaf). Primary type depository: KSMA.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 26 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, KSMA, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB, UKLK, WMLC.