• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Subspecies of Temnothorax bulgaricus: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927d: 40
• Status as species: Dlussky et al., 1990: 190; Radchenko, 1994e: 151 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 238; Radchenko, 1995a: 27; Bolton, 2003: 271.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax satunini fumosus

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
• Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. [In Russian.]. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. PDF
• Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1927d. Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecology of Turkestan. II. [In Russian.]. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 21:33-42. 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. 1995a ("1994"). A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 1. Subdivision into groups. Groups acervorum and bulgaricus. [In Russian.]. Vestnik Zoologii 1994(6):22-28.
• Ruzsky, M. 1923. Ants of Cheleken Island. [In Russian.]. Izvestiya Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta 72(2nd part):1-6.