• Cole, 1958c: 537 (q.m.)
• Combination in Leptothorax (Myrafant): Smith, 1951c: 817.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1903d: 256; Wheeler, 1910a: 567; Wheeler, 1917a: 507; Emery, 1924f: 258; Creighton, 1950a: 263; Smith, 1951c: 817; Cole, 1958c: 537; Cole, 1966b: 17 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 358; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Smith, 1979: 1392; Snelling & George, 1979: 143; Allred, 1982: 483; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 52; MacKay et al., 1988: 90; Bolton, 1995b: 235; Mackay, 2000: 316 (redescription); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 116; Bolton, 2003: 271; Ward, 2005: 15; Snelling et al., 2014: 37.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax nitens heathii: Ward, 2005: 15; Snelling et al., 2014: 37.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax nitens occidentalis: Ward, 2005: 15; Snelling et al., 2014: 38.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax ocellatus: Ward, 2005: 15; Snelling et al., 2014: 38.

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax nitens heathii (Wheeler, 1903)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax nitens heathii
• Temnothorax nitens occidentalis (Wheeler, 1903)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax nitens occidentalis
• Temnothorax ocellatus (Mackay, 2000)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax ocellatus

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax andrei

Citations

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