Formica rufiventris Fabricius, 1804: 409 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: South Africa: (“Habitat ad Cap. Bon. Spei. Mus. Dom. Lund.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMUC. Type notes: Zimsen, 1964: 426, cites 2 worker syntypes in ZMUC.