Taxonomic history
Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d PDF: 247.Subspecies of Formica fusca: Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 570; Emery, 1925d PDF: 247; Wing, 1939 PDF: 165.Junior synonym of Formica fusca: Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 494; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 532; Smith, 1951c PDF: 863.Junior synonym of Formica subsericea: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 92.Status as species: Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 152 (redescription); Francoeur, 1975 PDF: 261; Francoeur, 1977a PDF: 11; Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 208; Smith, 1979: 1453; Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 306; Bolton, 1995b: 196; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 141; Ellison et al., 2012: 155.Senior synonym of Formica fusca fairchildi: Francoeur, 1977a PDF: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 196.