Formica bombycina Roger, 1859: 232, pl. 7, fig. 1 (s.w.q.m.) LIBYA, EGYPT, SUDAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: “Tripolis, Aegypten, Nubien und am rothen Meer” (= Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Red Sea) (Schaum, Ehrenberg, and Sichel). Primary type depository: MNHU (perhaps also DEIB, MNHN, ZSBS).