Taxonomic history
Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 550 (q.); Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 63 (m.).Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d PDF: 246.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Cole, 1936a PDF: 38.Subspecies of Formica cinerea: Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 550; Emery, 1925d PDF: 246; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 531; Smith, 1951c PDF: 861.Junior synonym of Formica lepida: Smith, 1961a PDF: 252; Smith, 1967a PDF: 370.Status as species: Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 60 (redescription); Francoeur, 1975 PDF: 259; Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 23; Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 184; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979 PDF: 4; Smith, 1979: 1452; Allred, 1982: 463; MacKay et al., 1988: 108 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 192; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 337; Ward, 2005 PDF: 63.
