Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Tunisia: hill nr Tébourba, 26.iii.-23.iv.1889 (A. Forel), Algeria: Mt summit, S Souk Ahras, 1600 m., 26.iii.-23.iv.1889 (A. Forel), Algeria: Djebel Ozmor, S Tebessa, 26.iii.-23.iv.1889 (A. Forel). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
These three localities are specifically named by Forel, 1890b, but he says this taxon is “On all the hills and mountains of the mountainous part of Tunisia and eastern Algeria.”