Formica capitata Latreille, 1798: 46 (w.) FRANCE. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: France: vic. Bordeaux (no collector’s name; perhaps P.A. Latreille). Primary type depository: MNHN.

Infrasubspecies

• M. b. c. dentiscapus Forel, 1909
• M. b. c. grandiceps Stitz, 1917
• M. b. c. jakowlevi (Ruzsky, 1905)
• M. b. c. medioruber (Forel, 1905)
• M. b. c. obscuriventris Karavaiev, 1912
• M. b. c. sanctus (Forel, 1905)
• M. b. c. santschii (Forel, 1905)
• M. b. c. splendens Karavaiev, 1912
• M. b. c. striatulus (Emery, 1891)