• Subspecies of Formica rufibarbis: Wheeler, 1927d: 12; Wheeler, 1927e: 3; Wheeler, 1929g: 10; Wheeler, 1930k: 81; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 199.
• Junior synonym of Formica glauca: Dlussky, 1967a: 74.
• Junior synonym of Formica cunicularia: Wu, 1990: 4; Bolton, 1995b: 196.
• Status as species: Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 269 (redescription); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 31.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rufibarbis glabridorsis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dlussky, G. M. 1967a. Ants of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, g. Formica). [In Russian.]. Moskva: Nauka Publishing House, 236 pp. PDF
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1925f. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56:81-96. PDF
• Seifert, B.; Schultz, R. 2009b. A taxonomic revision of the Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12:255-272. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1927d. Chinese ants collected by Professor S. F. Light and Professor N. Gist Gee. American Museum Novitates 255:1-12. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1927e. A few ants from China and Formosa. American Museum Novitates 259:1-4. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1929g. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates 361:1-11. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81. PDF
• Wu, J. 1990. Taxonomic studies on the genus Formica L. of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [In Chinese.]. Forest Research 3:1-8. PDF