Formica destructor Fabricius, 1804: 402 (w.) SOUTH AMERICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: South America: (“Habitat in America meridionali Dom. Smidt, Mus. Dom. Lund.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMUC. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Zimsen, 1964: 424, cites 1 worker syntype in ZMUC.