• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 123; Ruzsky, 1905b: 574; Forel, 1913d: 432; Müller, 1923b: 90; Emery, 1924f: 253; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 275 (in key); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 135; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Bolton, 1995b: 236; Bolton, 2003: 271; Petrov, 2006: 97 (in key); Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 44; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 21; Legakis, 2011: 17; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 540; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 25; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 372; Borowiec, 2014: 174 (see note in bibliography); Bračko et al., 2014: 15; Borowiec & Salata, 2018a: 8; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 49; Sert & Karaman, 2024: 402.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax bulgaricus

Citations

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