Formica arenaria Fabricius, 1787: 310 (w.) NORTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: North Africa: (“Habitat in Barbariae Dom. Vahl.”) (no further data). Primary type depositories: ZMUC, ZMUK. Type notes: 1) Barbaria = North African coast from Morocco to Libya. 2) Zimsen, 1964: 426, cites 3 specimens (2 ZMUC, 1 ZMUK).