Formica oreas Wheeler, 1903g: 643, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “many… two colonies”), 1 syntype male. Primary type localities: U.S.A.: Colorado, Ute Pass, Woodland Park (8500 ft), 26.vii.(1903?) (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1913i: 460; no lectotype designated), workers Colorado, Ute Pass, nr Manitou, (1903?) (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type locality by Creighton, 1950a: 494; no lectotype designated). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.