Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Saudi Arabia: Al Bahah Prov., Al Urdiya Governorate, Wadi Qonouna, 19.42936°N, 41.60503°E, 353 m., 12.v.2011 (
M.R. Sharaf). Type-depository:
KSMA.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository:
WMLC.
Type notes:
Aldawood, 2016: 139, points out that the type-locality is in Makkah Prov., not Al Bahah Prov.