• Lectotype designation: Gahan & Rohwer, 1917a: 427.
• [Also described as new by Provancher, 1883: 598.]
• Hung, 1969: 456 (k.)
• Combination in Lasius: André, 1887: 288.
• Junior synonym of Lasius alienus: André, 1887: 288; Dalla Torre, 1893: 181; Emery, 1925d: 230; Wilson, 1955a: 77.
• Junior synonym of Lasius americanus: Creighton, 1950a: 419; Smith, 1951c: 850.
• Status as species: Provancher, 1887: 233 (in key); Cresson, 1887: 256; Francoeur & Béique, 1966a: 144; Francoeur, 1975: 264; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Francoeur, 1977b: 207; Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979: 6; Smith, 1979: 1437; Allred, 1982: 482; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 66; MacKay et al., 1988: 118; Blacker, 1992: 9; Wheeler et al., 1994: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 225; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 385; Coovert, 2005: 123; Ward, 2005: 64; Ellison et al., 2012: 198.
• Senior synonym of Lasius sitkaensis: Francoeur & Béique, 1966a: 144; Smith, 1979: 1437; Blacker, 1992: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 225; Coovert, 2005: 123.

Junior synonyms

• Lasius sitkaensis Pergande, 1900
  Obsolete combination(s): Lasius niger sitkaensis

Obsolete combinations

• Formica pallitarsis

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