• Neotype designation: Radchenko, 1995c: 16.
• Karavaiev, 1927a: 292 (q.); Radchenko, 1995c: 16 (m.)
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Ruzsky, 1905b: 596; Emery, 1924f: 257; Karavaiev, 1927a: 291.
• Subspecies of Temnothorax unifasciatus: Arnol'di, 1977a: 202; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 542 (in key).
• Status as species: Radchenko, 1994e: 157 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 245; Radchenko, 1995c: 16; Bolton, 2003: 271; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 25; Borowiec, 2014: 191; Radchenko, 2016: 226; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 50; Bračko, 2019: 173.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax pithyusae babuganicus: Radchenko, 1995c: 16; Radchenko, 2016: 228.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax pithyusae: Radchenko, 1994e: 157 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 245; Radchenko, 1995c: 16; Radchenko, 2016: 228.

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax pithyusae (Arnol'di, 1977)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax pithyusae
• Temnothorax pithyusae babuganicus (Arnol'di, 1977)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax pithyusae babuganicus

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax unifasciatus tauricus

Citations

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• Arnol'di, K. V.; Dlussky, G. M. 1978. Superfam. Formicoidea. 1. Fam. Formicidae - ants. [In Russian.]. Pp. 519-556 in: Medvedev, G. S. (ed.) 1978. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Part 1. [In Russian.]. Opredeliteli Faune SSSR 119:3-584.
• 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
• Bračko, G. 2019. New data on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Azerbaijan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15 (1):165-175. 10.23885/181433262019151-165175 PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Karavaiev, V. 1927a ("1926"). Übersicht der Ameisenfauna der Krim nebst einigen Neubeschreibungen. Konowia 5:281-303. PDF
• Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Antonova, V.; Radchenko, A. G.; Atanasova, M. 2010. Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria. ZooKeys 62:1-124. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 1994e. Identification table for ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(7-8):146-158. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 1995c. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 2. Groups tuberum, corticalis, affinis, clypeatus, alinae and singularis. [In Russian.]. Vestnik Zoologii 1995(2-3):14-21. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
• Ruzsky, M. 1902d. Material on the ant fauna of the Caucasus and the Crimea. [In Russian.]. Protokoly Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 206(suppl.):1-33. PDF
• Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.
• Salata, S.; Borowiec, L. 2018c. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 27 (008):1-51. 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF