Formica octospinosa Reich, 1793: 132 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: French Guiana: Cayenne (Le Blond). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Specimen(s) possibly in MNHN as Reich is attributed to the Natural History Society of Paris. 3) G.C. Reich is not mentioned in Horn & Kahle, 1936, Horn & Kahle, 1937.