Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Turkey: Erzurum Region, Palandökan dag, 2250 m., 15.ix.1979, no. 2140 (N. Aktaç). Primary type depository: EMTU.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 31 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: 15 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 16 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 2800 m., no.2142. Secondary type depositories: EMTU, MIZW, OXUM, SIZK.