Tapinoma thoracica Smith, 1860a: 69 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Makassar, “Mak.” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 457, cites 2 workers in OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).