Formica ruficeps Smith, 1857a: 54 (s.w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sarawak, “SAR.19” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901896. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 443, cites 1 major worker, 1 minor worker syntypes in OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).