Myrmica pertinax Smith, 1861b: 46 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tondano, “Tond.” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depositories: BMNH, OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468, cites 1 worker in OXUM. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 3 worker syntypes (1 BMNH, 2 OXUM); each syntype has the letter “d” on the bottom left corner of its card mount.