Formica abdominalis Fabricius, 1804: 409 (w.) SOUTH AMERICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South America: (“Habitat in America meridionali. Dom. Smidt. Mus. Dom. Lund.”) (no further data). Primary type depositories: ZMUC, ZMUK. Type notes: Zimsen, 1964: 426, cites 6 worker syntypes, 2 in ZMUC, 4 in ZMUK.