Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Al Tawlah, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Type depositories: cited as NHMB (holotype); BMNH, NHMB (paratypes), but probably in WMLC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Type depositories: cited as NHMB (holotype); BMNH, NHMB (paratypes), but probably in WMLC.