Formica gigas Latreille, 1802a: 105, pl. 2, fig. 6 (s.) "GRANDES-INDES". Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) major worker. Primary type locality: "Grandes-Indes": (no further data) (Riche). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps MNHN or MRSN). Type notes: 1) Apparently only a single specimen. 2) "Grandes-Indes" probably signifies the modern islands of Malaysia + Indonesia.