Formica sexdens Linnaeus, 1758: 581 (w.) SURINAME. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: South America (“Habitat in America meridionali Rolander.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMLS. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) De Geer, 1773: 608, gives Suriname: (Rolander) as type locality; expanded to Suriname: Paramaribo (Rolander) by Borgmeier, 1959b: 359.