• Neotype designation: Radchenko, 1995a: 26.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Subspecies of Temnothorax bulgaricus: Forel, 1904c: 375; Emery, 1924f: 253; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926b: 75; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927d: 40.
• Status as species: Ruzsky, 1902d: 24; Ruzsky, 1905b: 575; Ruzsky, 1923: 4; Tarbinsky, 1976: 102 (redescription); Arnol'di, 1977a: 203; Dlussky, 1981b: 17; Arakelian, 1994: 57; Radchenko, 1994e: 151 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 244; Radchenko, 1995a: 26; Bolton, 2003: 271; Schultz et al., 2006: 206; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 143; Borowiec, 2014: 188.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax satunini

Citations

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