Dubious Type Localities

These are listed in the NGC as having uncertain type localities.

A

• Acanthoponera minor (Forel, 1899): Mexico
• Acromyrmex coronatus (Fabricius, 1804): South America
• Aenictus certus Westwood, 1842: India? (see Bingham, 1903: 10)
• Aenictus decolor (Mayr, 1879): East Africa
• Aenictus mauritanicus Santschi, 1910: "Côte atlantique du Sahara", probably Morocco
• Aphaenogaster pallida finzii Müller, 1921: Yugoslavia
• Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758): "America meridionali"

C

• Camponotus carbonarius (Latreille, 1802): "Grand-Indes"
• Camponotus cognatocompressus Forel, 1904: "Africa" (no Locality)
• Camponotus cruentatus (Latreille, 1802): L'habitation est inconnue. Je soupçonne qu'elle est d'Afrique. [Distribution is Mediterranean.]
• Camponotus dalmaticus (Nylander, 1849): Yugoslavia
• Camponotus guanchus Santschi, 1908: "North Africa"
• Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758): Europe
• Cataglyphis albicans (Roger, 1859): North Africa
• Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius, 1793): North Africa
• Cataulacus granulatus (Latreille, 1802): "Grand Indes"
• Cataulacus guineensis Smith, F., 1853: "Tropical West Africa"
• Cephalotes atratus (Linnaeus, 1758): "America meridionali"
• Cephalotes dorbignyanus (Smith, F., 1853): South America
• Cephalotes pavonii (Latreille, 1809): South America
• Crematogaster auberti savinae Zimmermann, 1935: Yugoslavia
• Crematogaster castanea Smith, F., 1858: South Africa (not Albania)
• Crematogaster magitae Forel, 1910: West Africa

D

• Dinomyrmex gigas (Latreille, 1802): "grandes-Indes"
• Dolichoderus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758): "America meridionali"
• Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus (Roger, 1862): "Südamerika"
• Dorylus erraticus (Smith, F., 1865): Africa (not New Guinea as stated; see: Wilson, 1964: 443)
• Dorylus fulvus (Westwood, 1839): North Africa
• Dorylus westwoodii (Shuckard, 1840): "South America" (locality incorrect)
• Dorymyrmex antillanus Snelling, 2005: Antilles

E

• Echinopla praetexta Smith, F. 1860: No locality given

F

• Formica abdominalis Latreille, 1802: "Grandes Indes"
• Formica animosa Forskål, 1775: Egypt?
• Formica elevata Fabricius, 1782: "East Indies"
• Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758: Europe
• Formica fuscescens Gmelin, 1790: Europe
• Formica glabra Gmelin, 1790: Europe
• Formica maligna Forskål, 1775: Egypt?
• Formica melanopis Gmelin, 1790: Europe
• Formica nigropratensis Betrem, 1962: Europe
• Formica obsoleta Linnaeus, 1758: Europe
• Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761: Europe
• Formica ruficornis Gmelin, 1790: Europe
• Formica schardj Forskål, 1775: Israel?
• Formica siamicarubra Christ, 1791: "Barbary"
• Formica testacea Gmelin, 1790: Europe

G

• Gigantiops destructor (Fabricius, 1804): South America
• Gnamptogenys interrupta (Mayr, 1887): "ohne Vaterlandsangabe.....wohl jedenfalls aus Südamerika"

L

• Lasius buccatus Stärcke, 1942: Yugoslavia
• Lasius carniolicus Mayr, 1861: Yugoslavia
• Lasius flavus (Fabricius, 1782): Europe
• Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758): Europe
• Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855): Yugoslavia

M

• Messor arenarius (Fabricius, 1787): North Africa
• Messor semirufus (André, 1883): vicinity of Caspian Sea
• Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758): Europe
• Myrmica rugosa Mayr, 1865: Himalaya (India?)
• Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903: Europe

N

• Neivamyrmex cristatus (André, 1889): South America
• Neivamyrmex maroccanus (Santschi, 1926): Morocco. A species of a new world genus that is described from Morocco.
• Nesomyrmex humerosus (Emery, 1896): East Africa (no locality given, probably Kenya)

O

• Odontomachus chelifer (Latreille, 1802): South America
• Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1758): "America meridionali"

P

• Neoponera apicalis (Latreille, 1802): South America
• Pachycondyla bispinosa Smith, F., 1858: India (not Australia)
• Neoponera commutata (Roger, 1860): South America
• Neoponera foetida (Linnaeus, 1758): "America meridionali"
• Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius, 1804): South America
• Neoponera inversa (Smith, F., 1858): South America
• Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804): South America
• Pachycondyla sulcata (Mayr, 1867): ("Vaterland Unbekannt") [Emery, 1911: 78 gives India]
• Paraparatrechina nettae (Forel, 1911): "Pays De Mois"
• Paraponera clavata (Fabricius, 1775): India (locality in error)
• Pheidole exasperata (Mayr, 1866): "ohne Vaterlandsangabe"
• Pheidole fimbriata Roger, 1863: "Rio Paraguay"
• Pheidole innotata Mayr, 1866: "ohne Vaterlandsangabe"
• Pheidologeton mayri Santschi, 1928: No locality given (Afrotropical).
• Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911: "Pays De Mois"
• Polyrhachis bedoti Forel, 1902: "probablement d'Australie ou de Nouvelle Guinée"
• Polyrhachis consimilis Smith, F., 1858: Australia (not Sierra Leone; see Bolton, 1973: 352; Kohout, 1988: 432)
• Polyrhachis hastata (Latreille, 1802): Indonesia ("Indes Orientales")
• Polyrhachis militaris (Fabricius, 1782): "Tropical Africa"
• Polyrhachis phidias Forel, 1910: "Equatorial Africa"
• Polyrhachis rastellata (Latreille, 1802): Indonesia ("Indes Orientales")
• Polyrhachis relucens (Latreille, 1802): Indonesia ("Indes Orientales")
• Polyrhachis schlueteri Forel, 1886: East Africa
• Polyrhachis sericata (Guérin-Méneville, 1831): "Offack"
• Polyrhachis sexspinosa (Latreille, 1802): Indonesia ("Indes Orientales")
• Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860): Europe (not U.S.A.)
• Proceratium micrommatum (Roger, 1863): South America
• Pseudomyrmex ejectus (Smith, F., 1858): "probably Brazil"

S

• Solenopsis sulfurea (Roger, 1862): South America
• Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915: Yugoslavia

T

• Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758): Europe