Emery, 1921c: 42 (Myrmica (Manica)); Smith, 1951c: 791 (North America); Smith, 1979: 1352 (North America); Bolton, 1995b: 249.
Wheeler, 1914e: 119 (U.S.A. species key); Emery, 1921c: 42 (Myrmica (Manica) diagnosis); Creighton, 1950a: 108 (Nearctic species key); Bernard, 1967a: 125 (diagnosis); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970b: 134 (species key); Allred, 1982: 440 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 25 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Ogata, 1991b: 78 (diagnosis, Japan); Morisita et al., 1992: 13 (Japan species key); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1050 (census); Cantone, 2017: 207 (brief male diagnosis); He et al., 2024: 382 (synopsis, key to workers).