Formica longicornis Latreille, 1802a: 113 (w.) SENEGAL. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Senegal: (no further data), (ex coll. Bosc). Primary type depository: unknown (if extant perhaps MNHN or MRSN). Type notes: Subedi et al., 2025: 32, cite a neotype designation for Paratrechina longicornis in LaPolla et al., 2013: 75. This neotype specimen was in fact designated by LaPolla et al., 2010b: 1, for Paratrechina currens, junior synonym of Paratrechina longicornis.