• Combination in Chalepoxenus: Müller, 1923b: 98.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2015: 75.
• Status as species: Müller, 1923a: 71; Müller, 1923b: 98; Finzi, 1924b: 123; Kutter, 1968c: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 129; Kutter, 1973e: 276; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 266 (in key); Buschinger et al., 1988: 393; Mei, 1992b: 152; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Espadaler, 1997g: 29; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 18; Schulz & Sanetra, 2002: 163; Tinaut et al., 2005: 460; Bračko, 2006: 135; Petrov, 2006: 85 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 17; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 487; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 26; Legakis, 2011: 16; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 488; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 18; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 352; Borowiec, 2014: 63; Salata & Borowiec, 2015c: 147 (in key); Lebas et al., 2016: 268; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44; Salata et al., 2018: 788.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax gribodoi: Kutter, 1973e: 276; Buschinger et al., 1988: 393; Mei, 1992b: 152; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 487; Salata et al., 2018: 788; Seifert, 2018: 224.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax insubricus: Buschinger et al., 1988: 398; Mei, 1992b: 152; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Salata et al., 2018: 788.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax siciliensis: Buschinger et al., 1988: 398; Mei, 1992b: 152; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Salata et al., 2018: 788.

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax gribodoi (Menozzi, 1923)
  Obsolete combination(s): Chalepoxenus gribodoi
• Temnothorax insubricus (Kutter, 1950)
  Obsolete combination(s): Chalepoxenus insubricus
• Temnothorax siciliensis (Kutter, 1973)
  Obsolete combination(s): Chalepoxenus siciliensis

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax muellerianus

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