Subspecies of Formica exsecta: Forel, 1874: 51 (in key); Emery & Forel, 1879: 450; André, 1882c: 179 (in key); Emery, 1893m: 195 (footnote); Ruzsky, 1896: 68; Ruzsky, 1904b: 5; Ruzsky, 1905b: 363; Emery, 1909b: 191; Bondroit, 1910: 484; Wheeler, 1913i: 491 (redescription); Stitz, 1914: 91; Ruzsky, 1915a: 432; Ruzsky, 1915b: 10; Forel, 1915d: 59 (in key); Wolf, 1915: 48 (footnote); Emery, 1916a: 257; Escherich, 1917: 335 (in key); Soudek, 1922b: 81; Ruzsky, 1925a: 287; Ruzsky, 1925b: 43; Emery, 1925d: 257; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926c: 96; Karavaiev, 1926e: 196; Karavaiev, 1927d: 284 (in key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928b: 16; Karavaiev, 1929d: 217; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a: 23; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 38; Karavaiev, 1930b: 149; Karavaiev, 1931e: 217; Arnol'di, 1933a: 603 (in key); Karavaiev, 1936: 255 (redescription); Karavaiev, 1937: 175; Stitz, 1939: 312; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 104 (in key); Eidmann, 1941a: 31.

Subspecies of {tax 437444}: {ref 124988}: 51 (in key); {ref 124778}: 450; {ref 143315}: 179 (in key); {ref 143782}: 195 (footnote); {ref 128163}: 68; {ref 128182}: 5; {ref 128184}: 363; {ref 124689}: 191; {ref 122874}: 484; {ref 130081}: 491 (redescription); {ref 129025}: 91; {ref 128191}: 432; {ref 128192}: 10; {ref 125260}: 59 (in key); {ref 130467}: 48 (footnote); {ref 124734}: 257; {ref 124797}: 335 (in key); {ref 128940}: 81; {ref 128193}: 287; {ref 128194}: 43; {ref 124775}: 257; {ref 126751}: 96; {ref 126250}: 196; {ref 126255}: 284 (in key); {ref 126761}: 16; {ref 126263}: 217; {ref 126762}: 23; {ref 126763}: 38; {ref 126266}: 149; {ref 126271}: 217; {ref 122356}: 603 (in key); {ref 126235}: 255 (redescription); {ref 126236}: 175; {ref 129033}: 312; {ref 126512}: 104 (in key); {ref 124476}: 31.