• Mann, 1929: 166 (q.); Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 524 (m.).
• Combination in Macromischa (Croesomyrmex): Mann, 1920b: 421; Wheeler, 1937b: 465.
• Combination in Croesomyrmex: Wheeler, 1931b: 32.
• Combination in Leptothorax (Macromischa): Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 523.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 272.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 28; Mayr, 1863a: 428; Dalla Torre, 1893: 120; Emery, 1896d: 103 (in list); Wheeler, 1905c: 127; Wheeler, 1908a: 141 (in key); Wheeler, 1913b: 487; Mann, 1920b: 421 (redescription); Emery, 1924f: 247; Mann, 1929: 166; Wheeler, 1937b: 465; Kempf, 1972b: 138; Alayo, 1974: 17 (in key); Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 523 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 246; Fontenla, 2001: 16 (in key); Bolton, 2003: 272.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax lugens: Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 523; Brandão, 1991: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 246.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax lugens nigra: Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 523; Brandão, 1991: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 246.

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax lugens (Roger, 1863)
  Obsolete combination(s): Macromischa lugens
• Temnothorax lugens nigra (Santschi, 1931)
  Obsolete combination(s): Macromischa lugens nigra

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax versicolor
• Macromischa versicolor

Citations

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• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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