Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Yemen: Djebel an-Nabi Shuaib, 18.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood). Type depository: not stated (probably WMLC, perhaps also NHMB).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Type depository: not stated (probably WMLC, perhaps also NHMB).