• Combination in Leptothorax (Myrafant): Smith, 1951c: 818.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Subspecies of Temnothorax nitens: Emery, 1924f: 258; Smith, 1951c: 818.
• Status as species: Cole, 1958c: 536; Smith, 1967a: 359; Smith, 1979: 1393; Bolton, 1995b: 240; Mackay, 2000: 362 (redescription); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 127; Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Junior synonym of Temnothorax nitens: Creighton, 1950a: 265; Ward, 2005: 17; Snelling et al., 2014: 56.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax mariposa
• Leptothorax nitens mariposa

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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• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF