• Combination in Lasius: Emery, 1925d: 230.
• Status as species: Schenck, 1852: 127; Smith, 1858a: 8; Dalla Torre, 1893: 206.
• Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Lasius: Bolton, 1995b: 225; Boudinot et al., 2022: 140.
• [Note (i): Dalla Torre, 1893: 206 (footnote), suggests possible synonymy with Lasius umbratus.]
• [Note (ii): Bondroit, 1918: 25, suggests a possible correlation of this name with Lasius alienus.]

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rubiginosa

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87:1-174. PDF
• Boudinot, B. E.; Borowiec, M. L.; Prebus, M. M. 2022. Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius, the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47:113-151. 10.1111/syen.12522 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
• Latreille, P. A. 1802a. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp. PDF
• Schenck, P. A. 1852. Beschreibung nassauischer Ameisenarten. Jahrbuch des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau. Wiesbaden 8:1-149. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF