Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c PDF: 147 (l.).Subspecies of Lasius niger: Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 305; Forel, 1900h PDF: 285; Buren, 1944a PDF: 296.Subspecies of Lasius alienus: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 419.Junior synonym of Lasius alienus: Wilson, 1955a PDF: 77.Status as species: Gregg, 1945 PDF: 530; Schär et al., 2018 10.1111/jbi.13380 PDF: 6.