Formica sericata Guérin-Méneville, 1831: pl. 8, fig. 2 (w.) See also: Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 203. NEW GUINEA (Indonesia: Waigeu I.). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Waigeu I., Offack (no collector’s name), 1822-25 (Voyage La Coquille). Primary type depository: probably MNHN. Type notes: According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 99, Guérin’s Hymenoptera material was split between MNHN, MSNG, and ZSBS, but some are also present in NNML.