Formica nitida Smith, 1859a: 138 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901907 Type notes: Bolton’s notes on Wallace type material (unpublished) say: “There is no locality label on the specimen (may have been lost) but Smith gives “Aru” in the original description. The specimen has both Smith and Donisthorpe det. labels”.