Formica thoracica Fabricius, 1804: 397 (q.) NORTH AFRICA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: North Africa: (“Habitat in Barbaria Dom. Stubb. Mus. Dom. Lund.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMUC. Type notes: 1) Zimsen, 1964: 424, cites only a single specimen. 2) “Barbaria” = North African coast from Morocco to Libya.