Formica picea Nylander, 1846a: 917 (w.q.) FINLAND. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2004: 31). Primary type locality: Finland: Helsingfors (= Helsinki) (W. Nylander). Primary type depository: ZMHF. Type notes: 1) The same specimen was also designated as lectotype by Radchenko, 2007: 35. 2) Other original syntype locality: Finland: Uleåborg (= Oulu) (W. Nylander); specimen(s) apparently lost.

Infrasubspecies

• F. f. p. formosae Forel, 1913
• F. f. p. inplana Ruzsky, 1915
• F. f. p. piceogagates Ruzsky, 1915
• F. f. p. piceoinplana Ruzsky, 1915
• F. f. p. yatsuensis Teranishi, 1940