• Combination in Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2015: 75.
• Status as species: Kutter, 1968c: 204; Kutter, 1973f: 285; Buschinger, 1989a: 266; Schulz, 1994b: 432; Bolton, 1995b: 188; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 150.
• Junior synonym of Temnothorax ravouxi: Báthori et al., 2023: 4; Báthori et al., 2024: 37.

Obsolete combinations

• Epimyrma zaleskyi

Citations

• Báthori, F.; Heinze, J.; Trindl, A.; Seifert, B.; Herczeg, G.; Csősz, S. 2023 ("2024"). Host-switching events are not always the driver of speciation in social parasites: a case study in Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Zoology -:1-11. [online early] 10.1111/jzo.13140 PDF
• Báthori, F.; Seifert, B.; Heinze, J.; Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Csősz, S. 2024. Taxonomy of the Palearctic socially parasitic Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 19 (10): e0308712:1-49. 10.1371/journal.pone.0308712 PDF
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• Buschinger, A. 1989a. Evolution, speciation, and inbreeding in the parasitic ant genus Epimyrma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2:265-283. PDF
• Kutter, H. 1968c ("1967"). Liste sozialparasitischer Ameisen. Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)33:201-210.
• Kutter, H. 1973f. Beitrag zur Lösung taxonomischer Probleme in der Gattung Epimyrma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 46:281-289. PDF
• Sadil, J. V. 1953a. Epimyrma záleskyí nov. spec. (Hym., Formicoidea). Rocenka Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické 50:188-196. PDF
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