• Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 27 (q.)
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 238; Bolton, 2003: 271; Legakis, 2011: 18; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 541; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 25; Borowiec, 2014: 176; Lebas et al., 2016: 344; Galkowski & Cagniant, 2017: 186; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 26.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax dessyi

Citations

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