Formica cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758: 581 (w.) SURINAME. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: South America: (“Habitat in America meridionali.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMLS. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Borgmeier, 1939: 422, cites Suriname: (no further data) (Rolander) as type locality. 3) Later Borgmeier, 1959b: 339, expands this to Suriname: Paramaribo.