Formica clavata Fabricius, 1775: 394 (w.) UNKNOWN. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: India: (“Habitat in India”) (no further data; locality in error). Primary type depositories: MNHN, ZMUK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913717. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Zimsen, 1964: 426, cites 2 worker syntypes in ZMUK. 3) Type locality incorrect as distribution of this species is strictly Neotropical. 4) Mayr, 1862: 731, cites material from Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana.