Formica maculata Fabricius, 1782: 491 (w.) AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype major worker. Primary type locality: Africa: (“Habitat in Africa aequinoctiali. Mus. Dom. Banks.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1915c: 221, says the type locality is “probably Sierra Leone, or nearby on the West Coast”.