• Replacement name for Formica foetida De Geer, 1773. [Junior primary homonym of Neoponera foetida Linnaeus, 1758.]
• Status as species: Latreille, 1802a: 264; Smith, 1858a: 95.
• Incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Kempf, 1972b: 260.
• Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 195.
• [Note: it is apparent that this taxon is properly referable to subfamily Myrmicinae.]

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Latreille, P. A. 1802a. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp. PDF
• Olivier, A. G. 1792. Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Insectes. Tome 6. (pt. 2). Paris: Panckoucke, pp. 369-704.
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF