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 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 gigas (Latreille, 1802): "grandes-Indes"
 * 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

 * 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 antillana 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
 * Pachycondyla inversa (Smith, F., 1858): South America
 * Pachycondyla 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
 * Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883: Mediterranean region