Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2006: 104). Type-locality: lectotype Spain: Canary Is, Lanzarote, Haria, 1000 ft, 8.i.1925 (W.M. Wheeler). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 10 paralectotype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype.
Type notes:
Original syntypes were also recorded from Canary Is, Palma, Barranco de las Angustias, ca 1000 ft, vii-viii.1925 (W.M. Wheeler), and from Canary Is, Lanzarote, Uga (W.M. Wheeler).