Formica (Tapinoma) gibba Smith, 1861b: 38 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tondano, “Tond” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 465, cites 2 workers in OXUM; (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978). 2) Another 2 workers are present in OXUM, with the Smith label “Tond. 3”, type-status indeterminate (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).