• [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica rufa brevisetosa Ruzsky, 1926.]
• Incertae sedis in Formica cinerea group: Seifert, 2002: 267.
• Junior synonym of Formica cinerea: Finzi, 1928a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 192; Radchenko, 2016: 300.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Finzi, B. 1928a. Formica cinerea Mayr e varietà paleartiche. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 60:65-75. PDF
• Karavaiev, V. 1927a ("1926"). Übersicht der Ameisenfauna der Krim nebst einigen Neubeschreibungen. Konowia 5:281-303. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
• Radchenko, A. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Martynova, E. V.; Bazhenova, T. N.; Lasarenko, S. N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 5244 (1):1-32. 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1 PDF
• Seifert, B. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Formica cinerea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 74(2):245-272. PDF