Formica quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1771: 541 (w.) Protonym originally spelled Formica 4punctata. FRANCE. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: “Habitat in Germania” (no further data). Primary type depositories: LSLC, ZMLS. Type notes: 1) Type locality is now in France (after Fabricius, 1775: 392, “Habitat in Alsatia”); the latter was confirmed by Latreille, 1802a: 181, “Linnée avoit reçu cette espèce de l’Alsace”. 2) One Linnaean specimen in LSLC (Day & Fitton, 1978: 196).]