Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker. Primary type locality: China: Qinghai Prov., Delingha, 2750 m., 15.vi.1999, no. 99-252 (Y. Chang). Primary type depository: NUYC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but no. 99-221. Secondary type depository: NUYC.
[Note: recorded as putative junior synonym of Formica sinensis by Seifert, 2021: 172, but not explicitly stated; not regarded as a junior synonym by B. Bolton.]