Formica sexguttata Fabricius, 1793: 354 (q.) Name originally spelled Formica 6-guttata. VIRGIN IS (St Croix I.). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Virgin Is: St Croix I.: “Habitat in Insula St. Crucis Americae (Dr Pflug)”. Primary type depository: ZMUK. Type notes: Zimsen, 1964: 424, found only a single specimen, in ZMUK, but earlier Forel, 1905e: 161, had recorded material in ZMUC.