Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2005: 4). Primary type locality: lectotype France: Mont-Dore, Salon du Capucin (W. Nylander). Primary type depository: ZMHF.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: ZMHF.
Type notes:
1) The lectotype was originally labelled by Radchenko & Elmes, 2002, but this designation was not published. 2) The same specimen was designated as lectotype by both Seifert, 2005: 4, and Radchenko, 2007: 29.