Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846a: 909, pl. 18, fig. 20 (w.q.m.) FINLAND. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Finland: Helsingfors (= Helsinki), 20.vii. (W. Nylander), Finland: Ostrobothnia, 11.viii.1845 (F. Hellström), Finland: Helsingfors (= Helsinki), 8.viii. (W. Nylander). Primary type depository: ZMHF. Type notes: Seifert, 2000a: 525, cites 3 worker, 1 queen, 1 male syntypes in ZMHF; Radchenko, 2007: 36, cites 3 worker, 1 queen, 3 male syntypes in ZMHF; Seifert & Schultz, 2021: 192, cite 3 worker, 1 queen syntypes in ZMHF.

Infrasubspecies

• F. e. e. etrusca Emery, 1909
• F. e. e. wheeleri Krausse, 1926