• Wheeler, 1929g: 11 (q.)
• Combination in Proformica: Dlussky, 1969a: 230.
• Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 243; Wheeler, 1927d: 12; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 8; Wheeler, 1929g: 11; Wheeler, 1930k: 81; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 197; Dlussky, 1969a: 230 (redescription); Pisarski & Krzysztofiak, 1981: 161; Bolton, 1995b: 368; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 148; Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 5; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 38.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica jacoti

Citations

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