Taxonomic history
[Smith's description is repeated by Bingham, 1903 PDF: 335 (footnote).].Junior synonym of Formica gagates: Forel, 1894c PDF: 403.Junior synonym of Formica picea Nylander, 1846: Emery, 1925d PDF: 249; Karavaiev, 1936: 231; Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 61; Bolton, 1995b: 201.[Note: Formica candida junior synonym of Formica picea Nylander, 1846 (synonymy by Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 61); hence Formica candida treated as first available replacement name for Formica picea Nylander, 1846 (Bolton, 1995b: 192).].Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 193; Bolton, 1995b: 192; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 27; Chang & He, 2002a PDF: 51 (in key); Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 81; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 57; Seifert, 2004 PDF: 35 (redescription); Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 161; Schultz et al., 2006 PDF: 203; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 132; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 31; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 27.
