Taxonomic history
[Also described as new by Provancher, 1883 PDF: 598.].Hung, 1969 PDF: 456 (k.).Combination in Lasius: André, 1887 PDF: 288.Junior synonym of Lasius alienus: André, 1887 PDF: 288; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 181; Emery, 1925d PDF: 230; Wilson, 1955a PDF: 77.Junior synonym of Lasius americanus: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 419; Smith, 1951c PDF: 850.Status as species: Provancher, 1887: 233 (in key); Cresson, 1887 PDF: 256; Francoeur & Béique, 1966a PDF: 144; Francoeur, 1975 PDF: 264; Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 22; Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207; Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 184; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979 PDF: 6; Smith, 1979: 1437; Allred, 1982: 482; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 66; MacKay et al., 1988: 118; Blacker, 1992 PDF: 9; Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 225; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 385; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 123; Ward, 2005 PDF: 64; Ellison et al., 2012: 198.Senior synonym of Lasius sitkaensis: Francoeur & Béique, 1966a PDF: 144; Smith, 1979: 1437; Blacker, 1992 PDF: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 225; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 123.
