Formica latreillii Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 205 (w.) AUSTRALIA (by implication). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: none given, 1822-25 (Voyage La Coquille). Primary type depository: possibly in MSNG or ZSBS (not in MNHN, presumed lost (Kohout, 1998: 528)). Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 99, Guérin’s Hymenoptera material was split between MNHN, MSNG, and ZSBS, but some are also present in NNML.