Formica circumspecta Smith, 1861b: 37 (s.w.q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 1 syntype major worker, 1 syntype minor worker, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tondano, “Tond.” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 465, cites 1 major worker, 1 minor worker, 1 queen in OXUM. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, confirmed 1 minor worker, 1 queen in OXUM; the major worker could not be found.