• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 698; Bingham, 1903: 216; Forel, 1906b: 88; Emery, 1924f: 257; Menozzi, 1939a: 308 (in key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 110; Bolton, 1995b: 238; Bolton, 2003: 271; Bharti et al., 2012: 335 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 54; Bharti et al., 2016: 45; Bharti et al., 2016: 752 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax fultonii

Citations

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