• Ruzsky, 1902b: 471 (q.m.)
• Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Ruzsky, 1915b: 14; Emery, 1925d: 250.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1894c: 404; Emery, 1909b: 198.
• Subspecies of Formica rufibarbis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 210; Forel, 1901m: 65; Ruzsky, 1902b: 471; Ruzsky, 1903c: 206; Bingham, 1903: 335; Forel, 1904c: 384; Ruzsky, 1905b: 399; Wheeler, 1913i: 516 (redescription); Ruzsky, 1915b: 14; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923b: 246; Emery, 1925d: 250; Ruzsky, 1925b: 44; Karavaiev, 1926e: 198; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926c: 98; Karavaiev, 1927c: 111; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 39; Stitz, 1934: 9; Santschi, 1934d: 281; Stärcke, 1935a: 268; Ruzsky, 1936: 92; Ruzsky, 1946: 69; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 198.
• Status as species: Collingwood, 1961a: 68; Dlussky, 1965a: 37 (in key); Dlussky, 1967a: 77; Pisarski, 1967a: 416; Pisarski, 1969b: 312; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1970: 88; Dlussky, 1981b: 17; Dlussky et al., 1990: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Schultz et al., 2006: 205; Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 4; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 133; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 481; Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 263 (redescription); Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 40; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 48; Boer, 2010: 32; Csősz et al., 2011: 59; Legakis, 2011: 35; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 492; Czechowski et al., 2012: 220; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 31; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 10; Borowiec, 2014: 73; Bharti et al., 2016: 27; Lebas et al., 2016: 198; Steiner et al., 2017: 8; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 45; Seifert, 2018: 308; Werner et al., 2018: 6; Bračko, 2019: 170; Khalili-Moghadam et al., 2019: 169; Rasheed et al., 2019: 429; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 169 (redescription); Bračko, 2023: 173.
• Senior synonym of Formica rufibarbis caucasica: Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 263.
• Senior synonym of Formica lusatica: Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 263; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 481; Legakis, 2011: 35; Czechowski et al., 2012: 220; Seifert, 2018: 308; Werner et al., 2018: 6.
• Senior synonym of Formica rizadaghi: Dlussky et al., 1990: 139; Bolton, 1995b: 193.
• Material of the unavailable names Formica rufibarbis montana clara, Formica rufibarbis montivaga transversa referred here by Dlussky, 1967a: 77; Bolton, 1995b: 193.

Junior synonyms

• Formica lusatica Seifert, 1997
• Formica rizadaghi Arnol'di, 1968
• Formica rufibarbis caucasica Wheeler, 1913

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rufibarbis clara

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