Formica custodiens Smith, 1858a: 33 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903233. Type notes: “Attached by its mandibles to to the leg of a species of Pausus.”