Extant: 6 valid subspecies
Formica tarsata Fabricius, 1798 PDF: 280 (w.) SENEGAL. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: holotype(?) worker. [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.] Type-locality: Senegal: Gorée I. (no collector’s name). Type-depository: ZMUC. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Latreille, 1802c: 202 (q.); Mayr, 1866b PDF: 894 (m.).Combination in Ponera: Latreille, 1818b PDF: 570; Haliday, 1836: 329; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 194; Haliday, 1836: 329.Combination in Paltothyreus: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 736.Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 310.Combination in Paltothyreus: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 PDF: 127.Status as species: Latreille, 1802a PDF: 200; Fabricius, 1804 PDF: 408; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 194; Haliday, 1836: 329; Smith, 1858a PDF: 94; Roger, 1860 PDF: 310; Roger, 1861b PDF: 166; Mayr, 1862 PDF: 736; Roger, 1863b PDF: 17; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 440; Mayr, 1866b PDF: 894; Forel, 1891c PDF: 136 (redescription); Forel, 1892e PDF: 352; Emery, 1892: 111; Emery, 1892f PDF: 557; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 32; Mayr, 1893b PDF: 200; Forel, 1894b PDF: 74; Emery, 1894j: 46; Emery, 1895b PDF: 177; André, 1895a PDF: 3; Mayr, 1895 PDF: 125; Mayr, 1896 PDF: 231; Emery, 1896i PDF: 155; Emery, 1897f PDF: 597; Emery, 1899a PDF: 500; Mayr, 1907b PDF: 8; Forel, 1907i PDF: 75; Forel, 1909b PDF: 51, 64; Santschi, 1910c PDF: 350; Forel, 1910e PDF: 3; Stitz, 1910: 129; Emery, 1911e PDF: 62; Stitz, 1911b: 377; Forel, 1911f PDF: 361; Emery, 1912c: 1; Forel, 1913b PDF: 308; Forel, 1913f PDF: 666; Forel, 1913i PDF: 347; Santschi, 1914b PDF: 47; Santschi, 1914d PDF: 313; Santschi, 1914e: 4; Arnold, 1915: 44 (redescription); Stitz, 1916: 371; Santschi, 1919h PDF: 79; Wheeler, 1922: 60, 763; Stitz, 1923: 143; Viehmeyer, 1923 PDF: 86; Menozzi, 1933a: 96; Santschi, 1939f PDF: 160; Menozzi, 1942a PDF: 166; Weber, 1943d PDF: 294; Eidmann, 1944 PDF: 469; Bernard, 1953b PDF: 187; Hölldobler, 1980: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 310; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 545 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013 PDF: 221.Senior synonym of Paltothyreus gagates: Roger, 1860 PDF: 310; Roger, 1863b PDF: 17; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 440; Forel, 1891c PDF: 136; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 32; Emery, 1911e PDF: 62; Wheeler, 1922: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 545.Senior synonym of Paltothyreus pestilentia: Roger, 1860 PDF: 310; Roger, 1863b PDF: 17; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 440; Forel, 1891c PDF: 136; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 32; Emery, 1911e PDF: 62; Wheeler, 1922: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 545.Senior synonym of Paltothyreus simillima: Emery, 1892f PDF: 557; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 32; Emery, 1901b PDF: 38; Emery, 1911e PDF: 62; Arnold, 1915: 44; Wheeler, 1922: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 545.Senior synonym of Paltothyreus spiniventris: Roger, 1860 PDF: 310; Roger, 1863b PDF: 17; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 440; Forel, 1891c PDF: 136; Emery, 1892f PDF: 557; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 32; Emery, 1911e PDF: 62; Arnold, 1915: 44; Wheeler, 1922: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 545.
