• Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d: 246.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 233.
• Subspecies of Formica cinerea: Emery, 1925d: 246; Santschi, 1925g: 353; Finzi, 1928a: 71.
• Status as species: Kutter, 1977c: 253; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 286, 287 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 203; Poldi et al., 1995: 8; Espadaler, 1997g: 28; Seifert, 2002: 259 (redescription); Petrov, 2006: 112 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 20; Seifert, 2007: 304; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 483; Borowiec, 2014: 79; Lebas et al., 2016: 184; Steiner et al., 2017: 9; Seifert, 2018: 313; Bračko, 2023: 180.
• Senior synonym of Formica torrentium: Seifert, 2002: 259; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 483.

Junior synonyms

• Formica torrentium Bernard, 1967

Obsolete combinations

• Formica cinerea selysi

Citations

• Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987a. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:51-62. PDF
• Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987b. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) with a key to the worker caste. II. Key to the worker caste, including the European species without the Iberian. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:261-293. PDF
• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 50:5-287. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87:1-174. PDF
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
• Bračko, G. 2007. Checklist of the ants of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natura Sloveniae 9 (1):15-24. PDF
• Bračko, G. 2023. Atlas of the ants of Slovenia. Ljubljana: Biotechnical Faculty, 251 pp.
• Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Galkowski, C. 2009. Liste actualisée des fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 114:475-510. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Espadaler, X. 1997g. Catàleg de les formigues (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) dels països catalans. Sessió d'Entomologia ICHN-SCL 9:23-42. PDF
• Finzi, B. 1928a. Formica cinerea Mayr e varietà paleartiche. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 60:65-75. PDF
• Kutter, H. 1977c. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Insecta Helvetica. Fauna 6:1-298. PDF
• Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.; Blatrix, R.; Wegnez, P. 2016. Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.
• Petrov, I. 2006. The ants of Serbia and Montenegro. [In Serbian.]. Posebna Izdanja. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti 656:1-136. PDF
• Poldi, B.; Mei, M.; Rigato, F. 1995 ("1994"). Hymenoptera Formicidae. Checklist delle Specie della Fauna Italiana 102:1-10.
• Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 1:339-360. 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
• Seifert, B. 2007. Die Ameisen Mittel- und Nordeuropas. Tauer: lutra Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, 368 pp.
• Seifert, B. 2018. The ants of Central and North Europe. Boxberg: Lutra, 407 pp.
• Steiner, F. M.; Ambach, J.; Glaser, F.; Wagner, H. C.; Müller, J.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C. 2017. Checklisten der Fauna Ősterreichs, No. 9: Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Wien: Ősterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1-23.