Formica salomonis Linnaeus, 1758: 580 (w.) EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, ISRAEL. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel: (“Habitat in Aegypto, Arabia, Palaestina.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMLS (perhaps also UUUS). Type notes: Linnaeus, 1764: 418, restricts the distribution to Egypt, which may be regarded as the type locality.

Infrasubspecies

• M. s. s. sommieri Emery, 1908