Formica rufibarbis valid France. Palearctic.
Fabricius, J. C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome 2. Hafniae [= Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft, 519 pp.   124868

Formica rufibarbis caucasica synonym of Formica clara Russia (Dagestan), ARMENIA, GEORGIA. Palearctic.
Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53:379-565.   130081

Formica rufibarbis clara obsolete combination Syria. Palearctic.
Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:131-215.   125017

Formica rufibarbis clara caucasica unavailable Russia (Dagestan), ARMENIA, GEORGIA. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.   128184

Formica rufibarbis clara clarorufibarbis unavailable Russia, Caucasus. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.   128184

Formica rufibarbis clara subpilosoclara unavailable Russia. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.   128184

Formica rufibarbis clarior homonym replaced by Formica clarissima China. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1936. Ants of the Transbaikal region. [In Russian.]. Trudy Biologicheskogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Instituta Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta 2:89-97.   128170

Formica rufibarbis clarissima obsolete combination
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.   124775

Formica rufibarbis clarorufibarbis valid Caucasus, Russia. Palearctic.
Wheeler, W. M.; Mann, W. M. 1916. The ants of the Phillips Expedition to Palestine during 1914. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:167-174.   130284

Formica rufibarbis glabridorsis obsolete combination China (Beijing). Palearctic.
Santschi, F. 1925f. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56:81-96.   128358

Formica rufibarbis glauca obsolete combination Russia. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1896. Verzeichniss der Ameisen des östlichen Russlands und des Uralgebirges. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 41:67-74.   128163

Formica rufibarbis kashmirica obsolete combination India (Jammu and Kashmir). Palearctic.
Stärcke, A. 1935a. Zoologie. Formicidae. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnissee der Niederländischen Expeditionen in den Karakorum 1:260-269.   129000

Formica rufibarbis katuniensis synonym of Formica glauca Russia (Siberia). Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1915b. Material on Siberian myrmecology. First output. On the myrmecofauna of Tomsk province and certain other Siberian localities. (From research in 1914-1915). [In Russian.]. Izvestiya Imperatorskago Tomskago Universiteta 64(5th part):1-14.   128192

Formica rufibarbis litoralis obsolete combination Kyrgyzstan. Palearctic.
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1926c. Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecology of Turkestan. I. [In Russian.]. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:93-100.   126751

Formica rufibarbis montana homonym replaced by Formica montivaga Uzbekistan. Palearctic.
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1923b. The ant fauna of Tashkent district. [In Russian.]. Trudy Turkestanskogo Nauchnogo Obshchestva 1:239-558.   126746

Formica rufibarbis montana clara unavailable Kazakhstan, Afghanistan. Palearctic.
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1926c. Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecology of Turkestan. I. [In Russian.]. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:93-100.   126751

Formica rufibarbis montana minor unavailable Kyrgyzstan. Palearctic.
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1926c. Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecology of Turkestan. I. [In Russian.]. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:93-100.   126751

Formica rufibarbis montaniformis incertae sedis in genus, obsolete combination Russia (Dagestan). Palearctic.
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929b. Die Ameisenfauna Daghestans. Zoologischer Anzeiger 83:34-45.   126763

Formica rufibarbis montivaga incertae sedis in genus, obsolete combination
Santschi, F. 1928b. Nouvelles fourmis de Chine et du Turkestan Russe. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 68:31-46.   128373

Formica rufibarbis montivaga transversa unavailable
Santschi, F. 1928b. Nouvelles fourmis de Chine et du Turkestan Russe. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 68:31-46.   128373

Formica rufibarbis occidua obsolete combination U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53:379-565.   130081

Formica rufibarbis orientalis homonym replaced by Formica clara sinae China (Shandong). Palearctic.
Wheeler, W. M. 1923c. Chinese ants collected by Professor S. F. Light and Professor A. P. Jacot. American Museum Novitates 69:1-6.   130165

Formica rufibarbis piligera synonym of Formica rufibarbis Poland. Palearctic.
Lomnicki, J. 1925a ("1924"). Przeglad polskich gatunków rodzaju mrówki (Formica Linné). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 3:151-182.   126935

Formica rufibarbis rufibarbissubrufa nomen nudum
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.   124002

Formica rufibarbis sinae obsolete combination
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.   124775

Formica rufibarbis subpilosa obsolete combination Kazakhstan. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1902b. Neue Ameisen aus Russland. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 17:469-484.   128173

Formica rufibarbis subpilosa clara unavailable Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. Palearctic.
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1926c. Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecology of Turkestan. I. [In Russian.]. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:93-100.   126751

Formica rufibarbis subpilosa clarior unavailable China (Tibet). Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1915a. On the ants of Tibet and the southern Gobi. On material collected on the expedition of Colonel P. K. Kozlov. [In Russian.]. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya 20:418-444.   128191

Formica rufibarbis subpilosa fallax unavailable
Santschi, F. 1928b. Nouvelles fourmis de Chine et du Turkestan Russe. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 68:31-46.   128373

Formica rufibarbis subpilosorufibarbis valid Russia. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.   128184

Formica rufibarbis volgensis obsolete combination Russia. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1914c. Eine neue Ameisenform aus dem europäischen Russland. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 14:323.   128190