• Unnecessary replacement name for Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783, sensu Yarrow, 1955a; sensu Betrem, 1960b (Seifert, 2021: 161).
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 199 (error); Borowiec, 2014: 76 (error).
• Junior synonym of Formica pratensis incisa Gösswald, 1932: Betrem, 1962a: 38.
• Junior synonym of Formica pratensis: Seifert, 2021: 161.
• Material of the unavailable name Formica rufa pratensis foreli referred here by Betrem, 1962a: 38.

Citations

• Betrem, J. G. 1960b. Ueber die Systematik der Formica rufa-gruppe. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 103:51-81.
• Betrem, J. G. 1962a. Quelques remarques sur l'identité de la Formica nigricans. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 22:38. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
• Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31:133-179. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133 PDF
• Yarrow, I. H. H. 1955a. The British ants allied to Formica rufa L. (Hym., Formicidae). Transactions of the Society for British Entomology 12:1-48. PDF