Myrmica modesta Smith, 1860b: 108 (w.) INDONESIA (Bacan). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Bachian (= Bacan I.), “Bac 19” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463, cites 2 workers in OXUM. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 3 worker syntypes in OXUM (2 on one card, 1 on another).