• Lectotype designation: Francoeur & Béique, 1966a: 144.
• [Also described as new by Provancher, 1883: 599.]
• [Misspelled as mellina by Provancher, 1887: 236.]
• [Junior primary homonym of Camponotus melleus Say, 1836.]
• Junior synonym of Lasius flavus: Provancher, 1887: 236; Dalla Torre, 1893: 185.
• Replacement name: Lasius nearcticus Wheeler, 1906f.
• [Note: Lasius nearcticus junior synonym of Lasius mellea: Emery, 1925d: 231; Creighton, 1950a: 423; Smith, 1951c: 851; Francoeur & Béique, 1966a: 144; hence Lasius nearcticus first available replacement name.]

Obsolete combinations

• Formica mellea

Citations

• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Francoeur, A.; Béique, R. 1966a. Les Formicides (Hyménoptères) de Provancher. Canadian Entomologist 98:140-145. PDF
• Provancher, L. 1881b. Faune canadienne. (Continué de la page 333.). Naturaliste Canadien (Québec) 12:353-362. PDF
• Provancher, L. 1883. Petite faune entomologique du Canada et particulièrement de la province de Québec. Vol. II. Comprenant les Orthoptères, les Névroptères et les Hyménoptères. Québec: C. Darveau, vii + v + 879 pp. [with some irregularities in pagination]. PDF
• Provancher, L. 1887. Fam. X. - Les Formicides. [combined parts]. Pp. 224-249 in: Provancher, L. 1887. 1885-1889. Additions et corrections au Volume II de la Faune entomologique du Canada, traitant des Hyménoptères. Québec: C. Darveau, 477 pp.
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF