Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2012b: 98). Primary type locality: lectotype Italy: Lissa, Adriatic (C. Emery). Primary type depository: NHMB (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MSNG, NHMB.
Type notes:
1) Queen of original type-series was excluded as a misidentification by Emery, 1925c: 15. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, and Shattuck, 1994: 31, cite 2 worker syntypes in NHMB.