Formica edax Forskål, 1775: 84 (w.) PROBABLY EGYPT. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) minor worker. Primary type locality: uncertain, probably Egypt (no further data) (P. Forskål). Primary type depository: unknown (no type material known to exist). Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 79, Forskål material should be in ZMUC.