Formica sericea Fabricius, 1798: 279 (w.) SENEGAL. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Senegal: (“Habitat in Senegalia Mus. Dom. Bosc.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: unknown (apparently lost; Zimsen, 1964: 427, did not find any material of this taxon in ZMUC or ZMUK). Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given.