Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2003d: 68). Type-locality: lectotype Tunisia: Hammamet (F. Santschi). Type-depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 2 paralectotype workers. Type-locality: same as for lectotype. Type-depository: NHMB.
Type notes:Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 137, mentions 5 syntype workers, from Tunisia and Morocco.