• Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 268 (m.)
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Subspecies of Temnothorax recedens: Forel, 1895e: 228; Emery, 1924f: 260; Ceballos, 1956: 307.
• Junior synonym of Temnothorax recedens: Collingwood, 1978: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 245.
• Status as species: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 268; Bolton, 2003: 271; Cagniant, 2006: 198; Borowiec, 2014: 190.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax recedens suberis

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
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
• Cagniant, H. 2006. Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:193-200. PDF
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• Ceballos, G. 1956. Catálogo de los Himenópteros de España. Madrid: Instituto Español de Entomología, 554 pp.
• Collingwood, C. A. 1978. A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste (Hym. Aculeata). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 52:65-95. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1894d. Les Formicides de la Province d'Oran (Algérie). Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30:1-45. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895e. Südpalaearctische Ameisen. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:227-234. PDF