• Emery, 1924c: 170 (w.); Wilson, 1955a: 169 (m.)
• Combination in Lasius (Chthonolasius): Emery, 1925d: 233; Wilson, 1955a: 168.
• Junior synonym of Lasius umbratus: Bourne, 1973: 25; Van Boven, 1977: 151; Imai et al., 2003: 60 (error).
• Subspecies of Lasius umbratus: Emery, 1924c: 170.
• Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 35; Bondroit, 1920a: 144; Emery, 1925d: 233; Stärcke, 1937: 56; Wilson, 1955a: 168 (redescription); Ceballos, 1956: 316; Collingwood, 1961a: 72; Collingwood, 1963b: 157 (in key); Bernard, 1967a: 364 (redescription); Kutter, 1968b: 61; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 80; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 212; Collingwood, 1971: 165; Collingwood, 1976a: 306; Kutter, 1977c: 234; Azuma, 1977a: 117; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 555 (in key); Collingwood, 1978: 89 (in key); Yamauchi, 1979: 169; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 58; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 281 (in key); Seifert, 1988a: 159 (redescription); Seifert, 1990: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 225; Poldi et al., 1995: 8; Espadaler, 1997g: 28; Petrov, 2006: 106 (in key); Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 155; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 135; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 485; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 13; Borowiec, 2014: 89 (see note in bibliography); Lebas et al., 2016: 206.

Obsolete combinations

• Formicina rabaudi

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