• [Also described as new by Müller, 1923b: 96.]
• Novak, in Kratochvíl et al., 1944: 118 (m.)
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Status as species: Soudek, 1925b: 14; Finzi, 1928b: 129; Zimmermann, 1935: 34; Novák, in Novák & Sadil, 1941: 90 (in key); Novák, 1944c: 118; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 123; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 274 (in key); Schulz, 1991b: 121; Bolton, 1995b: 244; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Seifert, 1995: 14; Czechowski et al., 2002: 52; Bolton, 2003: 271; Bračko, 2006: 142; Petrov, 2006: 96 (in key); Seifert, 2006: 8; Bračko, 2007: 19; Seifert, 2007: 241; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 150; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 25; Csősz et al., 2011: 57; Karaman, 2011b: 33; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 545; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 26; Borowiec, 2014: 190; Csősz et al., 2015: 55 (redescription); Lebas et al., 2016: 374; Steiner et al., 2017: 18; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 50; Seifert, 2018: 217; Bračko, 2023: 118.
• [Note: Bračko, 2023: 118, reports Temnothorax sordidulus × Temnothorax saxonicus hybrids.]
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax carinthiacus: Schulz, 1991b: 121; Bolton, 1995b: 244; Seifert, 1995: 1 (in text); Seifert, 2006: 8; Karaman, 2011b: 33; Csősz et al., 2015: 55.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax mulleri: Bolton, 1995b: 244; Seifert, 2006: 8.

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax carinthiacus (Bernard, 1957)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax carinthiacus
• Temnothorax mulleri (Santschi, 1926)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax mulleri

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax sordidulus

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