Formica harpax Fabricius, 1804: 401 (q.) SOUTH AMERICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24). Primary type locality: lectotype South America, Essequibo (Smith). Primary type depository: NHMD. Primary type specimen: ZMUC00241591 (lectotype) Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: South America, Neotropic, no accurate locality given, presumably from Essequibo (Fabricius). Secondary type depository: NHMD. Type notes: 1) Roger, 1862c: 288, indicates that the original type material consists of 2 queens. 2) Original type locality data: South America: (“Habitat in America meridionali Dom. Smidt. Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt.”) (no further data). 3) Zimsen, 1964: 424, cites 3 syntypes (2 ZMUC, 1 ZMUK).