• Lectotype designation: Csősz et al., 2015: 28.
• Emery, 1895n: 69 (m.)
• Combination in Leptothorax (Mychothorax): Ruzsky, 1904a: 288; Forel, 1915d: 26.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Subspecies of Leptothorax acervorum: Forel, 1874: 84 (in key).
• Status as species: Emery & Forel, 1879: 458; André, 1883a: 294 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 124; Emery, 1895n: 69; Forel, 1915d: 26 (in key); Emery, 1916a: 176; Bondroit, 1918: 122; Menozzi, 1921: 28; Müller, 1921: 48; Müller, 1923b: 97; Emery, 1924f: 258; Menozzi, 1925d: 29; Zimmermann, 1935: 34; Bernard, 1956a: 161; Bernard, 1967a: 201 (redescription); Kutter, 1968b: 60; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 108; Kutter, 1977c: 131; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 273 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 238; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Bolton, 2003: 271; Bračko, 2006: 141; Petrov, 2006: 95 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 18; Karaman, 2011b: 30; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 541; Borowiec, 2014: 177; Bračko et al., 2014: 16; Csősz et al., 2015: 28 (redescription); Lebas et al., 2016: 352; Borowiec & Salata, 2018a: 8; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 49; Seifert, 2018: 201; Bračko, 2023: 108; Sert & Karaman, 2024: 402.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax flavicornis

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