• [First available use of Lasius niger brunneus himalayanus Forel, 1894c; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
• Combination in Lasius (Lasius): Seifert, 2020a: 16.
• Junior synonym of Lasius brunneus: Wilson, 1955a: 47.
• Subspecies of Lasius brunneus: Forel, 1906b: 85; Emery, 1925d: 229; Menozzi, 1939a: 313; Pisarski, 1967a: 415.
• Status as species: Seifert, 1992b: 8 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 223; Tang et al., 1995: 110;; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 33; Bharti & Gul, 2013a: 57 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 27; Rasheed et al., 2019: 430; Seifert, 2020a: 48.
• [Note: ostensibly as a subspecies of Lasius brunneus, but Seifert, 1992b: 8, also states that Lasius himalayanus may be a valid species; it is treated as such here (Bolton, 1995b: 223).]

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