• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Radchenko, 1994e: 150 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 236; Radchenko, 1995h: 10; Bolton, 2003: 271; Schultz et al., 2006: 203.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax narinicus: Radchenko, 1994e: 150 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 236; Radchenko, 1995h: 10; Schultz et al., 2006: 203.

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax narinicus (Tarbinsky, 1976)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax narinicus

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax arpini

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 1994e. Identification table for ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(7-8):146-158. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 1995h. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 3. Groups nylanderi, korbi, nassonovi, and susamyri. [In Russian.]. Vestnik Zoologii 1995(4):3-11. PDF
• Schultz, R.; Radchenko, A.; Seifert, B. 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:201-207. PDF
• Tarbinsky, Y. S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. [In Russian.]. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. PDF