Taxonomic history
Bondroit, 1920a PDF: 145 (m.).Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d PDF: 247.Subspecies of Formica fusca: Müller, 1923b PDF: 139; Emery, 1925d PDF: 247; Santschi, 1925g PDF: 352; Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 54; Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 107 (in key); Stärcke, 1942a PDF: 22; Holgersen, 1943c PDF: 177 (in key); Holgersen, 1944a PDF: 189; Samsinák, 1951 PDF: 122; Ceballos, 1956: 319.Status as species: Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 48; Bondroit, 1920a PDF: 145; Bondroit, 1920b PDF: 299; Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 148 (in key); Yarrow, 1954a PDF: 231; Collingwood, 1962c PDF: 219; Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 167; Dlussky, 1965a PDF: 35; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 295 (redescription); Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 60; Kutter, 1968b: 61; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 88; Pisarski, 1969a PDF: 232; Pisarski, 1969b: 308; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1970 PDF: 87; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 238; Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 169; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 150 (redescription); Banert & Pisarski, 1972 PDF: 354; Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 6 (in key); Pisarski, 1975: 41; Collingwood, 1976a PDF: 305; Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 163; Kutter, 1977c: 251; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 553 (in key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 94 (in key); Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 123; Kupyanskaya, 1980 PDF: 101; Onoyama, 1980a PDF: 200; Pisarski & Krzysztofiak, 1981 PDF: 161; Collingwood, 1981 PDF: 27; Kupyanskaya, 1986b PDF: 97; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 287 (in key); Nilsson & Douwes, 1987: 80; Wu, 1990 PDF: 5 (in key); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 184; Morisita et al., 1991: 35; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 261; Radchenko, 1994b: 113 (in key); Douwes, 1995: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 197; Poldi et al., 1995: 8; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 144; Tang et al., 1995: 105; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 28; Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 80; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 57; Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 163; Csosz & Markó, 2005 PDF: 232; Karaman & Karaman, 2005 PDF: 60; Bračko, 2006 PDF: 147; Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 67; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 114 (in key); Bračko, 2007 PDF: 19; Seifert, 2007: 298; Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 143; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 133; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 482; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 50; Boer, 2010: 30; Karaman, 2011a PDF: 79; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 35; Seppä et al., 2011 PDF: 31; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 495; Czechowski et al., 2012: 208; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 31; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 11; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 76; Lebas et al., 2016: 194; Radchenko, 2016: 296; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 45; Seifert, 2018: 301.Senior synonym of Formica fusca borealis: Dlussky, 1965a PDF: 35; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 197; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 57; Radchenko, 2016: 296.Records
(Map 66): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Vitosha Mt. ( Atanassov 1936 , 1952 , Gateva 1975 ); Belasitsa Mt. ( Atanassov 1964 ); Western Rhodopi Mts: Smolyan, Rakitovo, Dospat ( Lapeva-Gjonova in press (a) ).
Formica lemani is an ant species that is similar to Formica fusca. The species was not formally distinguished as being different from Formica fusca until 1917, and was not clearly described until 1954.
This species of ant is found throughout most of Europe, and parts of Asia.