• Status as species: Francoeur, 1975: 261; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b: 15 (in key); Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979: 4; Smith, 1979: 1452; Allred, 1982: 462; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 191; Ward, 2005: 63.

Citations

• Allred, D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Francoeur, A. 1973. Révision taxonomique des espèces néarctiques du groupe fusca, genre Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique du Québec 3:1-316. PDF
• Francoeur, A. 1975 ("1974"). Notes for a revision of the ant genus Formica. 1. New identifications and synonymies for some nearctic specimens from Emery, Forel and Mayr collections. Entomological News 85:257-264. PDF
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• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
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• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1977b. North Dakota ants updated. Reno, Nevada: published by the authors, 27 pp. PDF
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• Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF