• Combination in Lasius (Lasius): Ruzsky, 1912: 633.
• Status as species: Ruzsky, 1914a: 61.
• Subspecies of Lasius niger: Emery, 1925d: 230; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927e: 188; Menozzi, 1939a: 313.
• Junior synonym of Lasius niger: Wilson, 1955a: 59; Smith, 1979: 1436; Bolton, 1995b: 222.
• Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Lasius: Seifert, 1992b: 48; Seifert, 2020a: 80; Boudinot et al., 2022: 140.

Obsolete combinations

• Lasius niger emeryi

Citations

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• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
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