Formica leucophaea Smith, 1861b: 37 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype minor workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), Tondano, “Tond” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 465, cites 1 worker in OXUM. 2) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites 2 worker syntypes in OXUM.