Formica forficata Fabricius, 1787: 310 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Tasmania (“Habitat in Terra Diemenii Mus. Dom. Banks.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: Zimsen, 1964: 428, cites a second specimen in ZMUK.