• Lectotype designation: Salata et al., 2018: 796.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Subspecies of Temnothorax rottenbergii: André, 1883a: 296; Forel, 1889: 257; Forel, 1892j: 314; Dalla Torre, 1893: 126; Santschi, 1909c: 475 (redescription); Santschi, 1921a: 111; Emery, 1924f: 252; Menozzi, 1933b: 68 (in key); Menozzi, 1936b: 285.
• Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 273 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 257; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 141; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Bolton, 1995b: 244; Bolton, 2003: 271; Petrov, 2006: 96 (in key); Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 45; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 24; Legakis, 2011: 19; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 544; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 26; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 381; Borowiec, 2014: 189; Bračko et al., 2014: 16; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014: 136; Lebas et al., 2016: 372; Salata et al., 2018: 796 (redescription); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 50; Sert & Karaman, 2024: 402.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax rottenbergii balcanica: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 244; Legakis, 2011: 17; Salata et al., 2018: 796.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax jesus: Salata et al., 2018: 796.
• Material of the unavailable name Leptothorax rottenbergi semiruber galatica referred here by Salata et al., 2018: 796.

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax jesus (Forel, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Temnothorax rottenbergii jesus, Leptothorax rottenbergi jesus
• Temnothorax rottenbergii balcanica (Santschi, 1909)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax rottenbergi balcanica

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax rottenbergi semiruber

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