• Lectotype designation: Wilson, 1955a: 172.
• Wilson, 1955a: 172 (q.)
• Combination in Lasius (Formicina): Wheeler, 1916o: 172.
• Combination in Lasius (Chthonolasius): Emery, 1925d: 235; Wilson, 1955a: 171.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1916r: 593.
• Subspecies of Lasius umbratus: Wheeler, 1910h: 242; Wheeler, 1910a: 569; Wheeler, 1916o: 172; Wheeler, 1917h: 167; Emery, 1925d: 235; Smith, 1951c: 852.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1905j: 397; Creighton, 1950a: 423; Wilson, 1955a: 171 (redescription); Smith, 1958c: 149; Smith, 1967a: 368; Francoeur, 1977b: 207; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b: 2; Smith, 1979: 1439; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 149; Wheeler et al., 1994: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 225; Coovert, 2005: 126; Ellison et al., 2012: 200.

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