• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Subspecies of Temnothorax rothneyi: Forel, 1903a: 698; Emery, 1924f: 257; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 110.
• Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 244; Bolton, 2003: 271; Bharti et al., 2012: 334 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 45; Bharti et al., 2016: 752 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax rothneyi schurri

Citations

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