Formica umbrata Nylander, 1846b: 1048 (q.m.) FINLAND. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype (“lectoholotype”) queen (by designation of Stärcke, 1937: 39). Primary type locality: lectotype Finland: Helsingfors, 6.viii.(1845) (W. Nylander). Primary type depository: ZMHF. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype queens, paralectotype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type localities: paralectotype queens with same data as holotype, paralectotype queens, paralectotype males Finland: Vichtis, 26.vii.1846 (W. Nylander). Secondary type depository: ZMHF. Type notes: 1) Original locality data: “Hab. saltem in Suecia et in Fennia australiori”. 2) Radchenko, 2007: 34, cites 4 queen, 1 male syntypes in ZMHF.