Formica cinctella Gerstäcker, 1859: 262 (w.q.m.) MOZAMBIQUE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Mozambique: Tette (W.C.H. Peters). Primary type depository: MNHU (perhaps also NHMB). Primary type specimen: CASENT0905349. Type notes: Type locality data from Gerstäcker, 1862: 512.