• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 111; Radchenko, 1994e: 148 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 245; Radchenko, 1996c: 18; Bolton, 2003: 271; Lin & Wu, 2003: 64; Radchenko, 2004: 129; Terayama, 2009: 180; Zhou et al., 2010: 11 (in key, and footnote); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 55.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax taivanensis

Citations

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• Zhou, S.; Huang, J.; Yu, D.; Liu, Z. 2010. Eight new species and three newly recorded species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chinese mainland, with a key. Sociobiology 56:7-26. PDF