Formica thoracica Olivier, 1792: 503 (q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated) Primary type locality: France: vic. Paris (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). Type notes: 1) Olivier, 1792: 503, states, “M. Geoffroy soupçonne que cette espèce est la même que la Fourmi Hercule” (Camponotus herculeanus). 2) Horn & Kahle, 1936: 197, say that parts of Olivier’s material are in MNHN, parts are destroyed.