• [Misspelled as sinensis by Wheeler, 1927e: 3; Wheeler, 1928c: 38.]
• Replacement name for Formica rufibarbis orientalis Wheeler, 1923c. [Junior primary homonym of Formica fusca orientalis Ruzsky, 1915a.]
• Santschi, 1928b: 42 (q.)
• Subspecies of Formica rufibarbis: Wheeler, 1927e: 3; Santschi, 1928b: 42; Wheeler, 1928c: 38; Wheeler, 1929g: 10; Wheeler, 1930k: 81; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 199.
• Junior synonym of Formica glauca: Dlussky, 1967a: 74.
• Status as species: Wu, 1990: 4, 6 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 203; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 146; Chang & He, 2002a: 52 (in key).
• Subspecies of Formica clara: Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 265 (redescription); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 31.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rufibarbis sinae

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chang, Y.-D.; He, D.-H. 2002a. Taxonomic study of genus Formica L. from northwest China with descriptions of nine new species and four new records (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). [In Chinese.]. Zoological Research 23:49-60. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dlussky, G. M. 1967a. Ants of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, g. Formica). [In Russian.]. Moskva: Nauka Publishing House, 236 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1928b. Nouvelles fourmis de Chine et du Turkestan Russe. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 68:31-46. PDF
• Seifert, B.; Schultz, R. 2009b. A taxonomic revision of the Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12:255-272. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1927e. A few ants from China and Formosa. American Museum Novitates 259:1-4. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1928c. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22:3-38. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1929g. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates 361:1-11. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81. PDF
• Wu, J. 1990. Taxonomic studies on the genus Formica L. of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [In Chinese.]. Forest Research 3:1-8. PDF
• Wu, J.; Wang, C. 1995a. The ants of China. [In Chinese.]. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.