• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 1955a: 88.
• Combination in Lasius (Lasius): Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 353; Seifert, 2020a: 16.
• Junior synonym of Lasius alienus: Wilson, 1955a: 78; Smith, 1979: 1435.
• Junior synonym of Lasius emarginatus: Seifert, 1992b: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 223; Radchenko, 2016: 367; Karaman, 2011b: 89.
• Status as species: Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 353 (redescription); Borowiec, 2014: 86; Salata & Borowiec, 2018b: 157 (in key); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 46; Bračko, 2019: 170; Seifert, 2020a: 71; Kiran & Karaman, 2020: 298; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 194 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Lasius alienus pontica: Seifert, 2020a: 71.

Junior synonyms

• Lasius alienus pontica Stärcke, 1944

Obsolete combinations

• Lasius alienus illyricus

Citations

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