• Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 29 (q.); Zięcina et al., 2025: 778 (q.)
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 240; Bolton, 2003: 271; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 25; Borowiec, 2014: 180; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 29; Sert & Karaman, 2024: 402; Zięcina et al., 2025: 774 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax kemali

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
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• Kiran, K.; Karaman, C. 2012. First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3548:1-38. PDF
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• Santschi, F. 1934d. Fourmis d'une croisière. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 74:273-282. PDF
• Sert, E.; Karaman, C. 2024. Myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Gökçeada Island, Türkiye. Sakarya University Journal of Science 28 (2):392-409. 10.16984/saufenbilder.1390268 PDF
• Zięcina, D.; Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. 2025. A taxonomic revision of the Temnothorax kemali species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 75 (3):769-782. 10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.3.007 PDF